Air India plane crash death toll rises to 270

Doctors in India say that 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday plane crash in Ahmedabad.

The plane to London crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff, killing every 242 passengers and crew members except one, a 40 -year -old British man.

The officials also tried to establish the number of people killed on the ground and continued the slow process of corresponding DNA samples to confirm the identities of the victims.

Vigils honoring the dead took place through India and the United Kingdom.

The India Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating the cause of the accident, helped by teams from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Friday, A black box was found on the accident site The Minister of Civil Aviation of India, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, said “would help the investigation” on the disaster considerably.

Less than 60 seconds after leaving Ahmedabad International Airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the plane lost the altitude and crashed in a building that was used as accommodation for doctors at the BJ Medical College and the civil hospital.

On Saturday, the president of the Junior Doctors’ Association of the College, Dr. Dhaval Gameti, confirmed that the hospital had received the bodies of 270 victims.

Among these, 241 would be passengers and the crew of the AI171 flight.

According to data from the follow-up website, Flightradar24, the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 was 11 years old and had operated 25 flights from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick in the past two years.

In response to the accident on Thursday, the Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), ordered additional security checks on the Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 Air India fleet, describing it as a “preventive measure”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent about 20 minutes to wake up on the plane accident site on Friday.

He also visited the hospital to meet some of the injured in the disaster, including the Survivor of the unique Vishwashkumar Ramesh planeSaying later that “the whole nation prays for their rapid recovery”.

The CEO of Air India, Campbell Wilson, also visited the accident site on Friday and described the visit as “deeply moving”.