Overview
- Air India says the return exercise began on January 5 and will run through mid-February, with several families already collecting items at a facilitation centre in Ahmedabad.
- More than 22,000 items have been catalogued on a restricted portal, including about 8,000 linked to specific individuals and roughly 14,000 that could not be associated.
- For associated belongings, families received photographs and details by email with options to decline possession, collect in person, or request courier delivery.
- Unassociated items are viewable only to verified families via the portal for potential claims, with recovered effects ranging from travel documents and jewelry to toys and a half‑burnt prayer page.
- The AAIB probe into the June 12, 2025 crash continues, and WION reports some relatives, including in the UK, have expressed distress over aspects of the communication and have pursued legal action.