The identities of 87 persons who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 have been confirmed through DNA testing, PTI quoted an official as saying on Monday.

A father of two who had traveled from the U.K. to India to spread his wife's ashes died in the Air India crash on June 12, leaving the couple's two daughters, ages 4 and 8, orphaned. Arjun Patoliya, 37,

More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

India's deadliest plane crash in over a decade triggered a ₹39.4 billion insurance claim, impacting the aviation industry.

The official said, “It is indeed significant that the DVR has been found intact by the Gujarat Police officials"

Ahmedabad Police Commissioner G.S. Malik confirmed that 204 bodies have been recovered from the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12. Read More: Fujairah: 9 Injured After 20 Vehicles Collide on Key Road All bodies were sent for post-mortem upon recovery.