'Unimaginable': families mourn dead in Air India crash


Ayyub Sheikh, 49, showing a picture of his nephew and his family, who died in the crash. - Reuters

AHMEDABAD, India: In an echoing hall in India's Ahmedabad, mourning families gave DNA samples on Friday(June 13) to identify relatives missing after a London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area.

At least 265 people on board and on the ground were killed when the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner smashed into a residential area soon after takeoff on Thursday. Just one passenger miraculously survived the giant fireball.

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