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More than 200 India plane crash victims identified

 The back of an Air India plane after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. [AFP]

More than 200 victims of the Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, Indian authorities said Wednesday, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives.

There was one survivor out of 242 passengers and crew on board the London-bound plane on Thursday when it slammed into a residential area of Ahmedabad, killing at least 38 people on the ground.

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