Overview

• Inner West London senior coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox confirmed two cases where DNA checks revealed returned remains did not match the intended relatives.
• One family was sent an unidentified passenger’s remains and another received commingled fragments from multiple victims, forcing a separation before burial.
• UK and Indian authorities have launched parallel inquiries into forensic protocols and chain-of-custody failures at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital.
• Aviation lawyer James Healy-Pratt, representing bereaved British families, is probing the botched identification process for at least 12 repatriated victims.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to raise the repatriation errors during Narendra Modi’s state visit to London.