Ahmedabad, India (AP) – Search and recovery teams continued to find a place for one of the worst Indian air disasters on the third day after Air India fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat, the officials said on Saturday.
The London Bound Boeing 787 hit the hostel of the Faculty of Medicine in the residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff on ThursdayKilling 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived.
Teams for recovery working until late Friday found at least 25 other bodies in the ruins, the officials said.
Dr. Dhaval Gameti at a civilian hospital in Ahmedabad told Associated Press that the device received 270 bodies and added that lonely surviving passengers He was still observed for some of his wounds.
“He is doing very well and will be ready to release at any time,” the gamete said on Saturday.
Hundreds of related victims of the accident provided DNA samples in the hospital. Most bodies have been burned or crippled, which makes them unknown.
Some relatives expressed frustration on Saturday that this process takes too long. Authorities say it usually takes up to 72 hours to match DNA, and accelerate this process.
“Where are my kids? Did you get them?” Rafiq Abdullah asked, whose nephew, father -in -law and two grandchildren were on the flight. “I will have to ask questions. The government does not answer these questions.”
Another relative constantly asked the hospital staff when the body of his relative was handed over to his family for the last ceremonies.
“Give us the body,” the relative insisted.
On Friday, investigators renewed the recorder of a digital flight or a black cabinet that was obtained from the roof near the accident site and is likely to lead to traces of the cause of the accident.
The Indian Air accident investigation office said he began working with “full strength” to extract data.
The device is expected to detect engine settings and control, while the voice recorder provides conversations on the cockpit, said Paul Fromme, a mechanical engineer with a British mechanical engineer institution.
Aviation Safety Advisor Jeff Guzzetti, a former investigator of the US National Transport Safety Council and Federal Aviation Administration, said they should be able to answer some important questions about what caused the accident next week.
Investigators are likely to look at whether the wing flaps have been set correctly, the engine lost power, the alarms came out inside the cockpit, and if the aircraft crew correctly recorded information about hot temperature and fuel and passenger weight, Guzzetti said.
Data errors could lead to the wing flaps to be set incorrectly, he said.
Thursday’s Air India accident included twelve -year -old Boeing 787. Boeing aircraft was Safety problems on other types of aircraft.
Currently, there are around 1200 out of 787 Dreamliner aircraft around the world and, according to experts, it was the first deadly accident in 16 years of operation.
Hussain informed from Srinagar in India.
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