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Indian aviation officials have confirmed that the final words of the pilot of the doomed Air India Flight 171, moments before the plane crashed into buildings near Ahmedabad ’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, were Mayday distress calls.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner — with 242 people on board crashed into a medical college complex in the Meghaninagar area moments after taking off from the airport on Thursday afternoon.
A total of 31 DNAs have been identified so far and 12 bodies have been handed over to their respective family members
The DNA samples of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who was killed in a plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, have matched with that of his family members. According to officials, his last rites will be held in Rajkot.