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Anxious family members expressed anger and frustration while waiting outside an Ahmedabad hospital on Saturday (June 14) to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Air India crash on Thursday (June 12).In the summer heat the temperature outside the DNA sample collection room was also rising where some of the relatives were expressing their unhappiness and lack of patience with the authorities as they waited to be allowed inside to have a look at the dead bodies.Doctors at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad where all the bodies of crash victims were brought, were working overtime to gather dental samples from the deceased to run identification checks and DNA profiling.Rafiq Abdul Hafiz Memon, who lost four relatives in the incident, said he was not getting any answers from authorities and was &quot;very hassled.&quot;&quot;We have lost our children ... we are not understanding anything. Please, help us get information about our children. Tell us when they are going to release their bodies,&quot; Memon said.Another father was upset about not being able to get the body of his son, Harshad Patel, saying he was told by authorities it will take 72 hours for DNA profiling. &quot;The authorities are trying to help but our patience is running out,&quot; he said.Most bodies in the crash were badly charred and authorities are using dental samples to run identification checks.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/14/india-plane-crash-death-toll-rises-to-279-1740">READ: India plane crash death toll rises to 279</a></div>Meanwhile, on Saturday, the tail section of the crashed passenger plane was removed from the site by a crane.The Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Britain&#x27;s Gatwick Airport began losing height seconds after take-off on Thursday (June 12) and erupted in a fireball as it hit buildings below, in what has been the world&#x27;s worst aviation disaster in a decade.At least 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of the plane crash, Dhaval Gameti, president of the Junior Doctors Association at B.J. Medical College, told reporters.India&#x27;s government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s, the aviation minister said, adding that the authorities were investigating all possible causes.Only one of the 242 passengers and crew onboard survived while others were killed as the plane struck the medical college&#x27;s hostel as it came down.<div>(Production: Sunil Kataria, Bhushan Kumar, Napat Wesshasartar)</div>

Anxious family members expressed anger and frustration while waiting outside an Ahmedabad hospital on Saturday to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Air India crash on Thursday.

Anxious family members expressed anger and frustration while waiting outside an Ahmedabad hospital on Saturday to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Air India crash on Thursday.

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Air India crash relatives express anger, grief at wait to collect victims' bodies

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Published Jun 14, 2025 08:09 PM PHT

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