1,25,000 litres of fuel, high temp, no chance of survival: What Amit Shah said on Ahmedabad plane crash
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday stated that there was no chance of saving anyone after the deadly crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad due to the high temperatures and large quantity of fuel on board.
Shah said, as quoted by ANI, 'The plane carried almost 1,25,000 litres of fuel, and due to the high temperature, there was no chance of saving anyone.'
The union home minister also stated that the DNA samples of family members of the 242 passengers on board was being collected and the bodies of the deceased would be released once their DNA tests are concluded.
The Air India flight, which took off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:38 pm, crashed merely five minutes after take-off, with most passengers feared dead.
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