260 died in crash, say officials as all samples barring one identified

Ahmedabad, June 25 -- All the remains found from the Air India flight 171 crash site in Ahmedabad have been identified using DNA matching or facial recognition, barring one case, Gujarat health department officials said on Tuesday, tentatively putting the death toll from India's worst aviation disaster in decades at 260. "So far, the toll due to the plane crash is 260. This includes 241 people on board and 19 non-passengers. No new bodies have been recovered...," said a senior government official. One DNA sample that probably is of a passenger is yet to be matched successfully, said Dr Rakesh Joshi, superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. P11

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