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Remains of Kerala Nurse From AI171 Crash Repatriated for Final Rites

A DNA match ended a 12-day wait for her family following an Ahmedabad crash that killed more than 270 people.

Ranjitha, a mother of two, was remembered as a dedicated nurse who had worked outside the state for several years to support her family.
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Overview

  • Remains arrived at Thiruvananthapuram airport on June 24 and were taken to her alma mater in Pullad for public homage before cremation at her family home.
  • Senior officials including ministers V Sivankutty and G R Anil and leaders such as CPI(M)’s M A Baby and Congress’s Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan joined thousands of mourners.
  • Ranjitha Gopakumaran Nair was a single mother of two working with the UK’s National Health Service who had returned to Kerala to oversee her new home and seek reinstatement in the state health service.
  • Her identity was confirmed on June 23 through DNA matching of samples from her mother after initial tests using her brother’s sample proved inconclusive.
  • Air India flight AI171 crashed into a medical college hostel shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, resulting in over 270 fatalities.