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Air India plane crash: Teams in UK, Ahmedabad working around the clock, sa
Updated : 9 months ago IST
UK High Commissioner to India, Lindy Cameron, shared updates on support being provided to the affected families and friends of British nationals after the tragic Air India Plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12.
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Contact established with kin of all passengers, crew killed in plane crash
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"We have established contact with the next of kin/relatives of all passengers and crew members, expressing our condolences and helping them with the next steps. Over 400 family members have reached Ahmedabad and are being assisted by our teams on the ground," it said.
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Air India plane crash: Helpdesks established for insurance and compensatio
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Collectors of the respective districts have reached out to the families of the victims of the plane crash. To ensure the smooth and timely disbursement of insurance and compensation claims to the legal heirs, district-level accounting officers and other designated officials have been appoint
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Air India plane crash: Streamlined DNA verification at Ahmedabad Civil Hos
Updated : 9 months ago IST
At Kaushoti Bhavan in D Block, the process begins with meticulous DNA sampling and verification, a significant improvement over older, less organised documentation methods. This step ensures accurate identification of the deceased before further procedures are initiated.
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Air India plane crash: Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan to chair high-lev
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Key attendees will include the Civil Aviation Secretary, a representative from the Gujarat government, officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, and other relevant departments and agencies, they said.
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Air India plane crash: 45 DNA matches, Vijay Rupani's last rites in Rajkot
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed and rammed into a doctor's hostel shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.
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Air India plane crash: 24x7 DNA sampling-to-matching process underway at F
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The FSL director stated that the process, from sampling of the deceased passengers' family members to DNA matching, is being carried out continuously for 24 hours. Providing insights into the DNA profiling and matching process, he explained that there are primarily two methods of obtaining D
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Vijay Rupani among Air India plane crash victims, confirms DNA match: Guja
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Sunday said that former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among those who died in the tragic Air India flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad. His identity was confirmed through DNA matching.
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AI 171 crash: 22 more DNA samples of victims matched, says Gujarat ministe
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"Update as of 1.00 pm- From 9 PM last night to 1 PM today, our teams have worked tirelessly to match DNA samples. We are pleased to report that an additional 22 DNA samples have been matched, bringing the total to 42 matched DNA samples so far," Sanghavi said in a post on X.
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Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria expresses grief on AI 171 plane crash,
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Expressing his grief over the AI 171 plane crash, Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria said that the incident has shaken the whole country and world.
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"Saw that it had exploded, I was scared", says teen who shot video of Ahme
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"I came here on June 12. The plane was passing from very close, so I thought of shooting a video to show to my friends. The plane went downwards, and I thought it was going to land as the airport was nearby. But when it went down, flames started shooting up, and saw that it had exploded. I w
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AI-171 crash: Single-window system for issuing death certificates, says Ah
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani on Saturday said the administration had arranged for the death certificates of those who died in the Air India plane crash to be issued directly at the hospital, sparing grieving families the need to visit multiple offices.
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