India, Anxious Families
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Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.
DNA identification is the gold standard for identifying human remains, especially after mass fatality events in which bodies might not be easy to identify otherwise.
In one case, forensic teams, reportedly have to repeat the 72-hour-long DNA testing procedure after two heads of different victims were found in one body bag
More than 72 hours after India’s deadliest aviation tragedy in recent memory, Rohit Patel – a father mourning the loss of his two children – stood trembling before a room of Indian health and investigative officials in Ahmedabad and demanded answers.
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