Air India plane crash live updates: First funerals held as 30 bodies handed to grieving families

Burials were held for some of the victims killed in one of the deadliest plane in decades in Ahmedabad.

Health officers began returning the first bodies identified through the DNA testing on sad families in the western city of Ahmedabad, although most relatives are still waiting.

“They said it would take 48 hours. But four days passed and we didn’t get any answer,” Reinal Christian, 23, whose older brother was a traveler at Jetlier ABC News.

Among the 242 survivors, there was only one survivor and crew on the London-Arve Air India Jet when he crashed into a residential area of ​​Ahmedabad, also kill at least 38 people in the field.

Indian aviation officials confirmed the pilot issued trouble for calls before Gatwick-Into Thursday (12th June) crashed in the State of Gujarat, Killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Departed Ahmedabad Airport in the Western State Gujarat at the local time at 1.39 pm (8,094 in BST). But after the issue of Mayday, he crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar just five minutes after takeoffs, the Indian Civil Aviation Authority was confirmed.

“When will the bodies be given?” He asked, decaying in front of television cameras and senior officers. His son sharp and daughter-in-law Pooja Patel were among the 242 passengers and crew on board Air India Express Let that collapsed a few minutes after taking off on Thursday.

Dr. Rajni Patel, an additional medical supervisor of the City Civil Hospital, tried to calm the father of mirror sadness. “You’ll receive a call,” he said. “Please come to the hospital only after that.”