New Delhi, June 15 -- Scattered across a small portion of the BJ Medical College campus and secured at a nearby police station are hundreds of pieces of passenger luggage and personal belongings from Air India Flight 171, all now part of the ongoing crash investigation.

At the hostel mess building, Air India officials and police teams are guarding collections of suitcases and travel bags-some bearing crew identification stickers, others clearly belonging to passengers. The luggage, along with aircraft manuals and emergency handbooks found near debris, will remain untouched until Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau officials clear their examination.

"The AAIB will probe every part of the plane during their investigation at the place w...