Tragedy in the Skies: Ahmedabad Plane Crash DNA Identification Efforts

DNA identification procedures are underway following the tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that occurred on Thursday afternoon. A senior official from the Gujarat health department confirmed the painstaking process while withholding the death toll numbers.

The Air India flight, heading to London from Ahmedabad, met its ill fate just minutes after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, with 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board. Eyewitness videos captured the aircraft losing altitude, spiraling into a fiery crash, and leaving the area engulfed in smoke.

According to Dhananjay Dwivedi, principal secretary of the state health department, DNA sample collection for victim identification will be facilitated at Kasoti Bhavan in BJ Medical College of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. This measure invites close relatives of the deceased, such as parents or children, to provide samples. Meanwhile, fifty individuals who sustained injuries are currently stable and receiving care at the Civil Hospital.

(With inputs from agencies.)