Air India plane crash: 'DNA samples of 11 victims matched'; lone survivor recovering rapidly

NEW DELHI: Authorities have so far matched the DNA of 11 victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad with their family members, a government doctor confirmed on Saturday."DNA samples of 11 deceased have matched till now. The mortal remains of one of the deceased have been handed over to the family... Two more will be handed over by today. It is a slow process and has to be done meticulously. We received one more body today recovered from the tail of the aircraft," Dr Rajnish Patel, additional medical superintendent of Civil Hospital said."The lone survivor is fine and is recovering rapidly. He is stable," he added.An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members crashed into a medical college complex shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, June 12, afternoon.The airline has confirmed that 241 people on board flight AI171 have died, except for one passenger who survived.Meanwhile, the government announced earlier today that a high-level panel has been set up to investigate the causes of the crash. "We have put a time limit of three months for them to sit down, talk to various stakeholders, and involve and discuss with any other important expert that is necessary as part of their investigation," civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu said at a briefing in the national capital.