One of India’s worst aviation disasters, the search for the body, entered its third day on Saturday, with the death toll reaching 270, and authorities continued to search for more groups.
Boeing 787 bound to Air India, London crashed into a medical college hostel in a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Gujarat, killing 241 people, or at least 29 people, on the ship.
Only one passenger survived, and is still observed now with some of the wounds. “He is on very well and ready to be discharged immediately,” said Dr Dabal Gameti, a Municipal Hospital in Ahmedabad.
Some relatives of the crashed victims expressed dissatisfaction on Saturday that the process of identifying and handing over the remains of the dead was too long. Officials say it usually takes up to 72 hours to complete DNA matching with the samples provided by relatives, and they are driving the process.
Crash investigation is progressing smoothly
Meanwhile, the Indian government has established a high-level interdisciplinary committee to investigate the causes leading to crashes alongside another formal investigation by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.
The committee focused on developing procedures to prevent and handle future aircraft emergency situations, “it is not a substitute for other inquiries undertaken by the relevant organisations,” the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
Authorities are also inspecting the entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Air India, the country’s civil aviation minister said in his first news briefing since crash on Thursday.
