Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

The Air India flight was carrying 242 people when it crashed into a medical college hostel moments after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. Just one person survived, the airline has said.

There were 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian. At least eight local people, including four medical students, living in a residential area of Ahmedabad where the plane came down have also died, a senior health official told the BBC.