Authorities start handing over remains of Air India crash victims to relatives

A crane works at the site of Thursday’s Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India. Picture: Ajit Solanki/AP

Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said.

The Gatwick-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after take-off on Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground.