Investigators are now piecing together what went wrong in one of the world’s worst aviation disasters in decades
Health officials have begun handing over the first passenger bodies identified through DNA testing, delivering them to grieving relatives in the western city of Ahmedabad, but the wait went on for most families.
Hundreds of relatives of the crash victims have provided DNA samples. Most of the bodies were charred or mutilated, making them unrecognisable.
“They said it would take 48 hours. But it’s been four days and we haven’t received any response,” said Rinal Christian, 23, whose elder brother was a passenger.
“My brother was the sole breadwinner of the family,” Christian said. “So what happens next?”
