Air India plane crash: 'DNA samples of 11 victims matched'; bodies to be handed over to kin

NEW DELHI: Authorities have so far matched the DNA of 11 victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad with their family members, a government doctor confirmed on Saturday."DNAs of 11 victims of Ahmedabad plane crash matched with kin so far," the doctor was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI. An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members crashed into a medical college complex shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, June 12, afternoon.The airline has confirmed that 241 people on board flight AI171 have died, except for one passenger who survived.