Civil Superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi attempted to reassure the grief-stricken families, appealing for patience amidst the time-consuming process of DNA matching.

A new video shows the lone survivor, seated in 11A, walking out of the wreckage with his phone still in hand after the Air India flight crashed bound to London crashed in Ahmedabad.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole known survivor of Thursday's Air India crash, has garnered speculation over whether his seat is the safest in a plane

Ahmedabad, Four days after the horrific crash of an Air India plane claimed 270 lives, 99 victims have so far been identified through DNA matching and 64 bodies, including that of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, were handed over to their families, officials said on Monday.

Authorities and insurers have launched on-site camps and helpdesks at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital to ensure quick and compassionate settlement of insurance claims.

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official statement, confirmed that a second black box has been recovered from the Ahmedabad plane crash site.

Rupani was among the 242 people aboard the doomed Flight AI171 that took off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12 and was en route to London's Gatwick airport. The BJP leader was on his way to meet his daughter in the British capital.

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