By AIJAZ HUSSAIN, SHONAL GANGULY and PIYUSH NAGPAL AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

The bodies of the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, who have been identified, are set to be handed over to their families by the Gujarat government on Sunday, sources said.

Seconds after the distress call, ATC responded but the plane had crashed by then, killing 241 people on board.

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