Families’ agonising wait nears end


Untold grief: A family member mourning near the coffin of Chetnaba Chavda, who died along with her husband Ranvirsinh Chavda, in the Air India plane crash, in Ahmedabad. — Reuters

More than 200 victims of last week’s Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives.

There was one survivor out of 242 passengers and crew on board the London-bound plane last Thursday when it slammed into a residential area of Ahmedabad, killing at least 38 people on the ground.

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