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“Prosthesis doesn’t melt, bone doesn’t melt, teeth don't melt. Even when nothing is left and the soft tissue is burned, these survive,” Dr Tamanna Parmar, 33, tells me over the phone from Ahmedabad.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

A high-level committee is set to convene today to investigate the recent Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 241 passengers and injured many others on the ground. The panel aims to analyse existing safety procedures and recommend new guidelines to prevent future tragedies.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

In the aftermath of the Air India crash that cost 270 lives, officials have identified 99 victims through DNA tests. Among the deceased was former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. DNA identification continues for badly damaged remains,

A high-level committee meeting was convened in Delhi today to review the circumstances surrounding the recent air crash tragedy.

LONDON and DELHI -- An Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members en route to the United Kingdom crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead and at least one surviving passenger, local officials and the airline said.

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital authorities said they had identified 11 victims of the Air India plane crash as their DNA samples matched.