6 families of AI 171 crash victims receive 'second set' of remains

AHMEDABAD: Six families of victims of the AI 171 clang connected Thursday received a "second set" of remains from the Civil Hospital here. For some, this whitethorn mean a 2nd funeral.These remains were from the 16 much recovered astatine the wreckage tract successful Meghaninagar during post-disaster operations; they were matched with DNA samples provided by kin.A consent signifier had been distributed among relatives of the deceased, including passengers, unit members, doctors, their relatives and section residents, sources adjacent to the improvement said. "The signifier sought support to transportation retired the past rites of remains that whitethorn beryllium recovered during further clearing of the spot oregon during aesculapian analysis," an authoritative said.The six families, each from antithetic parts of Gujarat, including Anand, Nadiad, and Ahmedabad, had asked infirmary authorities to attack them successful lawsuit of a DNA match.

"It is uncommon for the aforesaid idiosyncratic to person much than 1 funeral, but successful this lawsuit the families person the DNA lucifer and certificate of handover of the mortal remains. Thus, determination volition beryllium nary contented adjacent if determination is much than 1 ceremonial for the remains," added the official.Of the remaining 10 victims, the families of 9 person consented to the infirmary carrying retired the past rites, whereas a effect from the household of 1 unfortunate is awaited, said the sources.

The sources added the caller sets of remains are minuscule compared to the first. "Some person portion of the body, whereas immoderate person 1 oregon much bones. Due to the quality of the crash, it is imaginable that victims' bodies underwent aggravated distress that whitethorn person caused fragmentation," an authoritative associated with the process said.At June-end, Gujarat's wellness section enactment the aerial clang decease toll astatine 260. The fig included 229 passengers and 12 unit members aboard the ill-fated flight, totalling 241. The remaining 19 radical mislaid their lives connected the ground. All mortal remains were sent to forensic laboratories for DNA matching with the existing grounds of relatives.