Some victims of the Air India air accident

London – The families of some British victims of Air India Crash in Ahmedabad I have discovered that they remain repatriated to the United Kingdom were erroneously identified as their loved ones, a lawyer who says that his company is representing more than 20 families of victims to News themezone. Of the 242 people aboard Air India flight from Ahmedabad to the London Gatwick airport that crashed on June 12 only a few minutes after takeoff, 52 were British citizens.

The cause of the accident has not been confirmed, but a preliminary report published earlier this month by the Indian Aircraft Accident Research Office discovered that the cabin cut switches for fuel supply to the two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner motors had been changed, one after the other, within a second, leading both engines losing thrust.

James Healy-Pratt, an aviation lawyer who said he was representing several families in the United Kingdom, told News themezone that the remains of at least 12 British victims of the accident had been repatriated to the United Kingdom, but that two of them had been mistakenly identified.

“There was a family that believed that they had accompanied their loved one of India, after having left there to give DNA for identification, and then (when they returned to the United Kingdom) they were informed that the remains in the coffin had nothing to do with them,” said Healy-Pratt to News themezone.

Healy-Pratt said the errors were discovered when the forensic of the west of western London, Dr. Fiona Wilcox, sought to verify the identities of the victims matching their DNA with the samples provided by the families.

“The first two coffins that arrived in the country: Dr. Wilcox and her team, regular as always, decided to verify verification and identity, and discovered that the DNA had committed to one of the attacks, which was not related to the person in the coffin or another person,” said Healy-Pratt.

Healy-Pratt said that the family of one of the victims had to cancel the funeral plans after they told him that the remains that thought they belonged to their loved one were actually those of an unknown individual.

“It is a double psychological trauma. It is one thing to lose a loved one, but then you go to India, you feel in a hotel, you give your ADN, pray to God so that there is a DNA couple. Then they told you that you have to not have everything right and certified. Healy-Pratt told News themezone.

Indian officials cited by local media shortly after the accident said that, given the level of destruction at the site and the extent to which the remains were burned, DNA tests would be required to confirm the number of deaths by final death of the plane and buildings at the Ahmedabad site.

“We have seen the report and we have been working closely with the United Kingdom side from the moment these concerns and problems caught our attention,” said the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of India, Shri Randhir Jaiswal on Wednesday, in a statement. “Following the tragic accident, the interested authorities had carried out the identification of the victims according to the established protocols and the technical requirements. All mortal remains were managed with maximum professionalism and with due consideration for the dignity of the deceased. We continue working with the United Kingdom authorities to address any concern related to this issue.”

Healy-Pratt said that the declaration of the Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India was “simply not good enough.”

“It lacks details. It lacks any detailed explanation of the chain of custody of the remains from the moment of identification of the DNA coincidence with the placement of attacks. It lacks any guarantee that there may be remains, either poorly labeled, not identified or identified, even in India,” he said.

“Families want to draw a line under their emotional anguish that arises from this and that requires detailed hard work by the Indian authorities to provide guarantees that there are no more remains of British citizens, whether unidentified, identified or badly labeled, identified in India. And the line will not be drawn until the safety of cast iron is provided. And at the moment, it is not arriving, he is not coming, he said.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, and the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will meet in London this week, and Healy-Pratt said he expected this problem to reach his agenda.

Healy-Pratt also said that, in addition to looking for the remains of their loved ones, British families want to know the cause of Air India accident, so their lawyers are investigating independently. Families, said Healy-Pratt, want to make sure that any security recommendation that comes from formal probes is implemented internationally.

“And finally, they want financial justice,” said Healy-Pratt.

He said that the legal team of the families “had already made an approach for Air India lawyers in London, and we are progressing claims there in the Superior Court. And we will also present an action against Boeing in the US courts to obtain more information about these fuel control switches, because they have a picture history.”

Arshad R. Zargar contributed to this report.

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