The London-bound jet burst into a fireball when it smashed into a residential area of Ahmedabad moments after takeoff.Initial checks since the crash on Air India’s Dreamliners “did not reveal any major safety concerns”, the country’s civil aviation regulator said Tuesday.Air India said there were 169 Indian passengers, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian on board the flight, as well as 12 crew members.The airline on Thursday said the pilots were accomplished flyers.”The flight was led by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a highly experienced pilot and trainer with over 10,000 hours flying widebody aircraft,” it said.”First Officer Clive Kunder, had over 3,400 hours of flying experience.”While investigators try to piece together what went wrong, families of dozens of victims are still waiting for their loved ones to be identified.As of Thursday, 210 victims have been identified through DNA testing, state health minister Rushikesh Patel said.
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