Final toll in Air India crash at 260 as all remains identified
Ahmedabad, June 29 -- The final human toll in the Air India Flight 171 tragedy stands at 260 people, officials in Gujarat announced, two weeks after the Boeing 787 crashed shortly after take-off from the city's only airport in the deadliest aviation incident in the country in three decades.
The final death toll of 260 - comprising 241 passengers and crew members aboard the aircraft and 19 people killed on the ground - is lower than initial estimates of 270 fatalities.
"The plane crash death toll stands at 260. We will not reveal victim identities. All bodies have been recovered and identified, with the mortal remains of all of them handed over to their families," additional chief secretary of health and family welfare Dhananjay Dwivedi told...
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