Dr Tamanna Parmar describes how teeth helped identify victims of the Air India 171 crash, as dental forensics played a crucial role in the investigation.

AHMEDABAD: In a tragic catastrophe that shook the nation, an Air India flight en route to London crashed in Ahmedabad on the afternoon of 12 June, killing 241 out of the 242 passengers and crew members on board.

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.