AHMEDABAD: Five days after an Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed 270 lives, 135 victims have so far been identified through DNA matching and 101 bodies handed over to their families, officials said on Tuesday.

"Till Tuesday morning, 135 DNA samples have been matched, and 101 bodies have already been handed over to the respective families. Of these 101 deceased, five were not on board the flight," Ahmedabad Civil Hospital's medical superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi told reporters.

Dr Joshi revealed that 12 more families are expected to collect the bodies of their loved ones soon, while five families are currently in contact with the hospital administration. Additionally, 17 families are waiting for the DNA analysis results to come out.

Dr Joshi also shared district-wise data of the deceased and identified: Ahmedabad leads with 30 deaths; 13 victims hailed from Vadodara, 10 from Kheda, nine from Anand, five each from Mehsana and Gandhinagar, four from Bharuch, three from Surat, two from Aravalli, and one each from Botad, Junagadh, Amreli, Mahisagar, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Nadiad, and Rajkot.

Beyond Gujarat, four victims were from Maharashtra, two from Udaipur, and one each from Jodhpur and Patna.

The 101 deceased whose mortal remains have been handed over to their relatives belonged to different parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Rajasthan and Diu, according to officials.

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