News · 10 June 2026

70-year-old Air India victim's body misidentified, sent UK.

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A woman killed in the 2025 Air India crash had her remains wrongly identified and sent to the UK under another name. At an inquest, it was revealed that the seventy-year-old Vasuben Narendrasinh Raj's true identity was confirmed exclusively through DNA analysis. She was one of 241 passengers who died when the London-bound plane crashed in western India.

By BriefTea Editorial · 10 June 2026 at 10:40

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