Tragic scenes at hospital, 2 families claim one body
Two families from Kerala claimed the same body as heart-rending scenes were witnessed at the Wenlock Hospital with grieving relatives and friends going through a traumatic experience of looking at scores of charred bodies to identify them.
Dazed relatives and friends of the victims of the Air India Express Boeing crash that killed 158 persons on Saturday thronged the government Wenlock hospital and made efforts through the night at the mortuary to identity their near and dear ones who were burnt beyond recognition.
Doctors and nurses at the hospital were stretched to handle the situation and carried on bravely with the focus on conducting the post mortem of the crash victims quickly to prevent the bodies from deteriorating.
Several victims were from Kasaragod and Kannur districts of neighbouring Kerala.
Priority was being given to post-mortem as identifying the badly-charred bodies has become more difficult now with rapid decomposition, superintendent of police (Kasaragod) P. Prakash said.
At the hospital, relatives of the victims were seen trying hard to identify their loved ones with their faces covered with masks.
Many bodies were charred in the fire that consumed the aircraft after it crashed yesterday, making it difficult to identify them.
An Air India representative said the carrier had made arrangements to provide free coffins to family members to shift the bodies has after identification.
—PTI
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