The number of victims of Thursday’s Air India aircraft in Ahmadábad, India, increased to 274, They informed the media there on Saturday after the rescue teams pulled out 29 dead bodies and a black box from under the ruins.
Boeing 787-8 aircraft Dreamliner leading to London’s Gatwick airport collapsed shortly after starting to the district of Méghani Nagar in Ahmadabad And it turned out on the student boarding house. According to Air India, there were a total of 242 people on board – in addition to two pilots and ten crew members, 169 India citizens, 53 British, seven Portugal citizens and one Canadian. There were 11 children among the passengers.
Air India has already confirmed on the day of the disaster that 241 people were killed on board the plane and the only survivor is hospitalized. Increasing the number of victims to 274 means that in addition to passengers and crew members There were probably 33 people in the boarding house. There are three doctors and a pregnant woman among the victims on the spot, wrote the Times of India server.
The cause of the largest air accident in India over the past decades is still the subject of investigation. It also has to clarify why the aircraft collapsed 33 seconds after the start. The Indian government has established a special commission for this purpose, which will be chaired by the Minister of the Interior. The Commission should publish its report within three months. Indian authorities are also helped by teams from the US and Britain.
