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

Air India Flight AI 171, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed into the hostel mess at BJ Medical College shortly after takeoff, resulting in 241 fatalities aboard and at least 38 on the ground. The entire city and the nation reel with grief,

Lawrence Christian had flown to India to bury his father. A fortnight later, his family is now waiting to bury him.