Air India crash: Charred remains returned to families after DNA ID

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Days after the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad, authorities began handing over the victims' remains identified through DNA testing. The bodies, charred beyond recognition, were received in emotional scenes by grieving families. The remains are being dispatched to the victims' respective home states.

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Family members and relatives of Akash Patni, victim of the Air India plane crash, grieve as his body arrives for funeral in Ahmedabad, India. (AP)

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Family members of Akash Patni, the 14-year-old who died in the Air India flight crash, mourn after his mortal remains were handed over in Ahmedabad. (AP)

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Mortal remains of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani being brought to his hometown Rajkot. Rupani was killed in the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash. (PTI)

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Family members of former Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, victim of Thursday's Air India plane crash, pay respect after receiving his body at a hospital in Ahmedabad, India. (AP)

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Bereaved family members carry mortal remains of Shubh Modi, one of the victims of Air India plane crash, during his last rites at Thaltej Crematorium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The London-bound Air India flight, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AI 171) with 242 people on board, crashed into a medical hostel and its canteen complex in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. (PTI)

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Family members of Saineeta Chakravarty, a cabin crew member and among the victims of the Air India plane crash, mourn after her mortal remains were brought home at Juhu, Mumbai. A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport. (PTI)

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People gather as the mortal remains of Maithili Patil, who was a crew member of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, are brought to her residence, in Nhava, Raigad district of Maharashtra. (PTI)

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Family members of Dilip Patel and Meena Patel, both victims of the Air India plane crash, pay last respects during the cremation at a crematorium in Ahmedabad, India. (AP)

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Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, with other family members pays tribute after his son's mortal remains were brought to Mumbai for last rites. (PTI)

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