Air India, Crash and DNA Identification
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The victims identified so far were from different places in Gujarat and Rajasthan. A total of 241 passengers and crew on board were killed in the tragedy besides 29, including 5 MBBS students, on the ground in Meghaninagar area.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Sunday said that the DNA of 45 deceased have been matched with their relatives, and confirmed that the death toll in the Ahmedabad plane crash stands at 274.
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India's worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state,
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Asianet Newsable on MSNGujarat to observe state mourning on Monday for ex-CM Vijay Rupani killed in Air India plane crashThe Gujarat government will observe state mourning on Monday for former CM Vijay Rupani, who died in the Ahmedabad Air India crash. His funeral will be held in Rajkot. The crash has claimed 270 lives so far.
An Air India pilot's final decision may have prevented greater tragedy in a deadly crash that killed 270, leaving one survivor.
The DNA samples of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who was killed in a plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, have matched with that of his family members. According to officials, his last rites will be held in Rajkot.
The disaster in the Indian state of Gujarat affected thousands in Britain’s Gujarati diaspora. Some of them came together on Saturday to remember the victims.
The horrific crash of Air India Flight AI171 on Thursday, June 12, 2025, has left the nation in profound grief, with the confirmed death toll now sta