Air India crash toll rises to 270, those injured at medical college hostel succumb
The death toll in Thursday's tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad rose to 270 as those injured on the ground succumbed to their injuries, according to doctors.Flight AI 171, which was headed to London's Gatwick airport, crashed into the BJ Medical hostel and its canteen complex, minutes after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. The authorities had earlier pegged the death toll at 265.advertisementThe ill-fated flight carried 242 people - 230 passengers, two pilots and 10 crew members - and killed 241 of them and left just one survivor, a British national of Indian-origin, who is hospitalised.
"Around 270 bodies have been brought to the civil hospital so far from the plane crash site," President of Junior Doctors' Association of BJ Medical College, Dr Dhaval Gameti, told news agency PTI.The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service (AFES) has recovered some human body parts as well as a corpse in the past 24 hours from the plane crash site in the Meghaninagar area, where the medical hostel is located.The process of identifying victims by matching the DNA samples is currently underway, and the bodies will be handed over to their relatives once the process is complete.advertisementAdditional Chief Fire Officer Jayesh Khadia said since the tail fin of the aircraft was stuck on top of the canteen's damaged building, cranes have been roped in to bring it down."We will start the work of removing the tail fin from the building and bring it down to the ground once Air India officials arrive at the site," he said.The crash involving the Air India plane, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, marked the first fatal accident involving a 787 since its commercial debut in 2011.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which investigates aircraft accidents and incidents, recovered the Air India plane's black box 28 hours after the tragedy, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu said on Friday.The orange-coloured device that was located near the tail of a plane will help investigate the crash.Following the crash, all planes under the Boeing 787-8/9 fleet of Air India will undergo an enhanced safety inspection starting Sunday, the Civil Aviation Ministry has announced.Fuel, engine and hydraulic systems monitoring are among the advanced checks ordered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which will seek a report of the checks for review.Earlier today, Naidu, in his first briefing after the Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, said the black box data from the ill-fated aircraft was being decoded, while multiple agencies and high-level panels are conducting an extensive probe into the tragedy.(with inputs from PTI)Tune InMust Watch
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