New Delhi, June 24 -- The black box of the Air India flight AI 171 that crashed near Ahmedabad is still in India and is being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), said Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Tuesday.

"Black box of the crashed AI 171 flight is still in India and it is being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau," Kinjarapu said.

Meanwhile, 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 DNA results have come in, including 240 passengers and 13 non-passengers.

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