Funerals for some Air India crash victims begin as other families await return of remains
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Authorities continued to survey the site of the Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people on June 15, 2025, as families awaited DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board was heading for London's Gatwick Airport when it started losing altitude seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12. It erupted in a huge fireball as it crashed on nearby buildings. All but one person on board died in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least 30 people on the ground were also killed.
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