Air india Tragedy: dna profiling of victims may be completed today, relatives await results
DNA profiling is being done to identify the victims after the air india plane crash in Ahmedabad. So far, dna matches of 119 people have been done. A senior doctor says that dna profiling of all the victims is expected to be completed by tuesday evening or wednesday morning. DNA profiling of all the victims who lost their lives in the air india Dreamliner plane crash may be completed by tuesday evening or wednesday morning. A senior doctor gave this information on Monday. This may make the wait of the relatives of the victims staying in ahmedabad longer.
54 experts from the Forensic Science Laboratories of Gandhinagar, ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot in Gujarat are working 24 hours to conduct profiling and matching tests. However, no official final information has been given about this accident so far. In this accident, out of the 242 people on board the plane, only one survived, all the others lost their lives. Apart from this, at least 30 people were killed in the hostel in which the AI-171 plane crashed.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Superintendent Dr. Rakesh Joshi said that dna samples of 119 victims have been matched. 76 bodies have been handed over to the relatives. Apart from this, eight other bodies, whose dna samples were not required, were handed over to the relatives on Friday. He said that at least 14 more bodies will be handed over to the relatives by tuesday morning. He said, 'DNA profiling of all the victims will be completed by tuesday evening or wednesday morning. We are trying our best to complete this process as soon as possible.'
Former cm Rupani's last rites have been done.
Dr. Joshi said that one of the people identified through dna profiling was former chief minister vijay rupani, who was cremated in rajkot on Monday.
The plane crashed as soon as it took off on june 12
It is worth noting that air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft left ahmedabad for london Gatwick on june 12. However, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. The plane collided with the hostel of the medical college. This accident is considered the biggest plane accident in india in the last 30 years. At the time of the accident, the plane had about 1.25 lakh liters of fuel. It took off at 1:38 pm and started falling down within a few minutes, while its landing gear was open. The plane turned into a ball of fire as soon as it collided.
Family members waiting for dna report
Many families have been in ahmedabad since Thursday, but they have not been able to identify their relatives or find their bodies yet. Officials are struggling to identify the burnt bodies and recover samples. About 50-60 relatives from Banswara in rajasthan are waiting in ahmedabad for confirmation of the remains of Dr. Pratik Joshi, his wife Dr. Komi Vyas, and their children 8-year-old Miraya and 5-year-old twins nakul and Pradyut. Komi's father Anil Vyas said, 'This is like a bad dream. Pratik has been identified, but the rest are still awaited. The hospital has promised to answer by tomorrow.' Similarly, the families of other victims are also waiting for dna tests.
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Indian-origin doctor living in uae announces aid of 6 crores.
Social worker Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a help amount of six crores to help the families of doctors and medical students affected by the plane crash in Ahmedabad. Announcing the relief funds from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the uae, Dr. Shamsheer, founder and chairman of Burjeel Holdings and managing director of VPS Health, said he was deeply saddened when he saw the aftermath of the accident. He said he had lived in similar hostels during his medical education at Kasturba Medical college in mangalore and Sri Ramachandra Medical college in Chennai.
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