Air India plane crash: DNA identifies the last victim

The plane’s wreckage. Pic/PTI

More than two weeks after the Ahmedabad plane crash, the DNA test has ascertained the identity of the last victim, and the death toll in the tragedy now stands at 260, officials said on Saturday.

The mortal remains of the last victim were handed over to the family, they said.

The medical authorities had earlier pegged the fatality count at 270. A London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel complex in the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 on board.

"The DNA matching of the last body of the Air India plane crash victim has been done. The victim's mortal remains have been handed over to relatives," Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Dr Rakesh Joshi said.

"With this, the death toll in the plane crash is 260," he said.

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