00:00Some 169 Indian passengers and 52 British nationals were killed and after the crash, a number of people were repatriated
00:09to the UK, including a woman whose body was sent to Britain under a different name and a man whose
00:16remains were sent, quote-unquote, mixed with those of another person.
00:21On Tuesday, Senior Coroner Professor Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned the inquest into the death of the woman, who has
00:29now been identified as 70-year-old Indian National Vazuban Narendra Sin Raj.
00:36She told an online hearing of Inner West London Coroner's Court that Miss Raj's remains were sent to the UK
00:44under another name, but when they were tested it was confirmed that they were not of that person.
00:50Westminster Public Mortuary then sent the remains for DNA testing and the results were provided to Indian authorities who identified
00:58them as those of Miss Raj.
01:01Professor Wilcox also opened and adjourned the inquest into the death of a man, who has still not been identified.
01:09He said after extensive examination of these remains, this victim was separated and identified from the remains of another person
01:17that he was mixed with.
01:19The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport last June
01:2912.
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