'You Cannot Have 100 Per Cent Combusted Bodies'

'There may be 100 per cent burns on the bodies, but the bones, teeth, enamel are very resistant to only that much heat.' "It was not a blast event. It was basically an airplane crashing on a......

When DNA Falls Short...

'If it is a situation where a body is 100 per cent burnt, turned into ashes, then there is a very less chance of getting a DNA sample.' "There is only a rare chance of a body being completely burnt......

AI 171 Crash: Why DNA Matching Is Taking Time

'If you have 270 bodies and each body is fragmented into 10 parts, you cannot do (so many) DNA tests and even if you do it will be a long procedure.' IMAGE: Ratheesh G Nair, victim Ranjitha G......

'No Need To Search For 100 Per Cent Of The Body'

'If major components of any dead body from which you can retrieve DNA is available, that is enough.' "The more the fragmentation of the body, the lesser the chance of identification," Dr Rajesh......