Mangalore crash: DNA tests fail to match eleven bodies
June 2nd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANIMangalore (Karnataka), June 2 (ANI): Eleven bodies of victims killed in last month’s ill-fated Mangalore plane crash have been declared unidentified as the final DNA report of those bodies failed to match with samples collected from relatives.
Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said that 34 relatives had given samples for DNA tests.
“It is also certified from the DNA profiling results that the following eleven unidentified bodies remains are not related to any of the 34 claimant relatives whose blood samples were used for analysis and comparisons,” said Singh.
Singh further said the report does not mention the actual reason why claimant relatives’ samples did not match with the DNA of the dead.
“Another report with more details, including what could be the reason of mismatch, is expected to arrive soon,” he added.
The district administration will carry out a mass burial of these unclaimed bodies here on Wednesday.
The Air India Express flight from Dubai to Mangalore that crashed while landing at the Mangalore airport on May 22 claimed 158 lives.
DNA profiling (also called DNA testing, DNA typing, or genetic fingerprinting) is a technique employed by forensic scientists to assist in the identification of individuals on the basis of their respective DNA profiles. (ANI)
- Mangalore air crash: Mass funeral for 12 victims - Jun 02, 2010
- Bodies of three more Keralite crash victims identified - May 26, 2010
- Air India crash: Experts to conduct DNA test today - May 24, 2010
- Mangalore crash: Air India to assist victims' kin in insurance claims - May 28, 2010
- 87 crash victims identified, Hyderabad forensic team pitches in (Lead) - May 23, 2010
- Mangalore air crash: Black Box found - May 23, 2010
- Air India Crash: Flight's Black Box Found - May 23, 2010
- Forensic team from Hyderabad to help identify crash victims - May 23, 2010
- Plane's black box found, kin bid loved ones adieu (Roundup) - May 23, 2010
- Paternity suit against Tiwari: Court gets DNA report - Feb 15, 2012
- Around 130 crash victims identified, 20 may need DNA tests (Second Lead) - May 23, 2010
- Touch DNA test would not have helped in Aarushi case: Expert - Dec 30, 2010
- Mangalore crash: Pilot's body to be flown to Frankfurt: Air India - May 24, 2010
- New forensic test to match suspects' DNA with crime samples in 4hrs - Aug 05, 2010
- Crashed aircraft's black box yet to be found: Air India (Lead, changing dateline) - May 23, 2010
Tags: air india, air india express, blood samples, city police, claimant, district administration, dna profiles, dna profiling, dna report, dna testing, dna tests, forensic scientists, karnataka, mangalore airport, mass burial, mismatch, plane crash, police commissioner, unclaimed bodies, unidentified bodies