Ahmedabad, June 24 -- The Ahmedabad Civil Hospital has handed over the bodies of 256 victims of the Air India AI 171 flight crash to the families, and has identified over 259 victims, according to medical superintendent Rakesh Joshi.

Dr Joshi said that a total of 253 Datch results have come in, including 240 passengers and 13 non-passengers.

"A total of 253 DNA sample results have come in at 7 pm on June 23. Out of these, 240 are passengers and 13 are non-passengers. If I talk about day one, a total of 19 non-passengers were identified, out of them 6 deceased bodies were handed over to their families based on their facial recognition, while 13 were handed over by DNA matching. With this, 253 plus six, which was through facial matching, ...