India: Families began to bid farewell to victims of plane accident

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In India, dozens of families began to bid farewell to their loved ones in religious ceremonies in Ahmedabad, although only 47 victims have so far been identified through DNA tests.

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00:00We change topics. In India, dozens of families began to bid farewell to their loved ones

00:05in religious ceremonies in Ahmedabad, although only 47 victims have so far been identified

00:11through DNA tests. The Air India plane carried 230 passengers and 12 crew members, among

00:18them 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, 7 Portuguese and 1 Canadian. The authorities recovered

00:26the plane's two black boxes, including the cockpit recordings. Although it is too early

00:31to know the causes, the fact that this is the first accident involving a Boeing 787, a

00:38Dreamliner, since it entered service in 2011, has raised concerns among experts. This accident

00:45is more serious than any other since the dawning of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, a tragedy

00:54in which 298 people were killed.

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