Air India plane crash: wreckage being shifted to airport premises in Ahmedabad
The Gujarat police on Sunday (June 22, 2025) started shifting the wreckage of the Air India plane that crashed on June 12 on a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad to the airport premises here, officials said.
The London-bound aircraft had crashed into the hostel complex in Meghaninagar moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, killing 270 people, including 241 on board. One passenger survived.
The wreckage was being moved from the crash site to GUJSAIL (Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited) building, which is on the airport premises, and will be in the custody of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an official said.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Sector 2, Jaipalsinh Rathore told PTI: "It will take 48 to 72 hours to shift the entire wreckage."
Apart from the AAIB, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is leading a parallel investigation into the plane crash.
At least 247 persons killed in the crash have so far been identified through DNA matching and 232 bodies handed over to their families, as per officials.
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