British families of Air India crash victims received incorrect remains for burial due to a failed repatriation process. A lawyer revealed that multiple victims were misidentified, resulting in distressing situations for families, including one forced to relinquish funeral plans. The tragic flight 171 lost power shortly after departure from Ahmedabad, with only one survivor and most victims unrecognizable. Investigation findings include cockpit audio where the junior first officer questioned the captain's actions prior to the crash. Affected families seek justice for the mishandling of remains of the deceased, including at least twelve British victims.
Grieving British families of the Air India crash victims have received the wrong bodies to bury in a bungled repatriation scheme. A lawyer acting for the bereaved said that the remains of several victims had been wrongly identified, with one family forced to abandon funeral plans after allegedly being told the coffin contained a different, unidentified body.
Only one passenger survived when the Air India flight 171 lost power and crashed into a building, seconds after departing Ahmedabad for London Gatwick. Many of those killed were burnt beyond recognition with families having to rely on DNA tests.
Cockpit audio recovered from the flight recorders shows the plane's junior first officer, Clive Kunder, asking its captain, Sumeet Sabharwal, why he had flipped the switches, starving the engines of fuel, according to a number of international media reports citing sources in the investigation.
Of the 261 passengers and crew members who died, 52 were Britons. James Healy-Pratt, a lawyer representing several British families, said that the remains of at least 12 British victims had been repatriated incorrectly.
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