Kin await return of personal effects now part of analysis

Scattered across a small portion of the BJ Medical College campus and secured at a nearby police station are hundreds of pieces of passenger luggage and personal belongings from Air India Flight 171, all now part of the ongoing crash investigation.

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI:

At the hostel mess building, Air India officials and police teams are guarding collections of suitcases and travel bags—some bearing crew identification stickers, others clearly belonging to passengers.

The luggage, along with aircraft manuals and emergency handbooks found near debris, will remain untouched until Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau officials finish their examination.

"The AAIB will probe every part of the plane during their investigation at the place where it is found. It will then be taken to a suitable place," said a police officer.