Families Hold Funerals for Air India Crash Victims

Grieving families held funerals in India yesterday for their relatives who were among at least 279 killed in one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades.

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AHMEDABAD (AFP) - Grieving families held funerals in India yesterday for their relatives who were among at least 279 killed in one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades.

Health officials have begun handing over the first passenger bodies identified through DNA testing, delivering them in white coffins in the western city of Ahmedabad.

"My heart is very heavy. How do we give the bodies to the families?" said Tushar Leuva, an NGO worker who has been helping with the recovery efforts.