279 bodies found at Air India crash site, making it second worst air disaster this century
The revised toll is calculated from the 241 people on board who are presumed dead and 38 on the ground
The revised toll from a senior officer in the city, who requested anonymity to speak to the media, raises an earlier figure of 265.
This increase makes the Air India crash one of the deadliest plane disasters of the 21st century. It is second only to the 298 tally from July 17, 2014, when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine.
Dr. Dhaval Gameti at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad said the facility had received 270 bodies, adding that the lone surviving passenger was still under observation for some of his wounds.
“He is doing very well and will be ready to be discharged any time soon,” Gameti said Saturday.
Air India said there were 242 people on board the flight bound for London’s Gatwick airport, only one of whom survived.