Sri Lanka, July 23 -- Multiple British families of Air India 171 crash have received wrong bodies, according to a report.

On June 12, the London-bound AI 171 flight crashed shortly after take-off in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Out of the 260 deceased, 52 were British nationals. Their remains were identified by genetic testing and dental records and transported to the United Kingdom.

The Daily Mail has now reported that the identification and transportation of bodies was botched up in multiple cases.

These errors came to light after Inner West London coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox sought to verify the remains of British nationals transported from India by matching their DNA with samples provided by the families, as per the newspaper.

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