Air India crash victims have been sent the wrong bodies and body parts which comes as series of issues with the airline.
On 12 June a Boeing Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off which killed 261 lives in Ahmedabad which was heading to Gatwick Airport, 52 Brits were onboard.
It has been reported at least two families have been sent the wrong bodies or even mixed body parts from multiple victims.
West London coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox found the tragic errors when she attempted to verify the identities of the bodies through DNA testing.
Representing the families is Aviation lawyer James Healy-Pratt said that the incidents happened during the repatriation of 12 families.
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He added, “Family X have no-one to bury because it was the wrong person in their casket. And if it isn’t their relative, the question is, who is it in that coffin?
“Presumably it’s another passenger and their relatives have been given the wrong remains. The coroner also has a problem because she has an unidentified person in her jurisdiction.”
Families were given the remains of their loved ones in plastic containers instead of a more dignified manner of coffins from Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital.
Altaf Taju from Blackburn, whose parents and brother-in-law were killed in the crash said, “Nobody looked at the remains. We weren’t allowed to.
“They just said, ‘This is your mother or father’, and gave us a paper label with an ID number on it.”
We are investigating the causes of those failures and demanding answers on behalf of these deserving British families,” lawyer Healy-Pratt said.
A British government spokesperson said, “Formal identification of bodies is a matter for the Indian authorities.
“We understand that this is an extremely distressing time for the families, and our thoughts remain with them.”
