Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.

Only one passenger has so far survived the crash of a Boeing Air India flight on Thursday in the city of Ahmedabad. With victims difficult to identify, families have been slow to receive their relatives' bodies for burial.