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Human remains of Air India crash victims found on Mont Blanc: Report

one of the plane’s four jet engines has been discovered along with the body parts.

By Chennabasaveshwar
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Human remains said to be of passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, according to AFP reports.

Human remains of Air India crash victims found on Mont Blanc: Report

The human remains were discovered by Daniel Roche, who studies air plane crashes and has spent years combing the Bossons Glacier looking for remains, reports AFP.

Also, he discovered one of the plane's four jet engines with the body parts.

In January 1966, an Air India Boeing 707 from Bombay to New York crashed near Mont Blanc's summit, killing all 117 people on board. Another Air India flight crashed on the mountain in 1950, killing 48 people.

"I had never found any significant human remains before," AFP quoted Roche as saying. The body parts have been sent for medical examination.

"These remains are probably not from the same person," said Stephane Bozon of the local gendarmerie.

(With agency inputs)

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