Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Frustration mounts among relatives of those lost in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, as they grapple with slow DNA identification and limited information. With only one black box recovered, families anxiously await news,

There were 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian. At least eight local people, including four medical students, living in a residential area of Ahmedabad where the plane came down have also died, a senior health official told the BBC.