The son of a woman killed in the Air India plane crash has told the BBC "other remains" were found in her casket after her body was returned to the UK. Miten Patel, whose father also died in the crash, said the coroner identified the mixed-up remains and left him to worry: "How many others are in there?"

With 260 casualties and only one surviving passenger, the Air India 171 crash is one of the deadliest aviation incidents in recent history — and so far it’s proving to be one of the most frustratingly opaque.

Family members of the deceased British nationals in the tragic Air India crash have reportedly been sent the wrong bodies of their loved ones, said a Times of India report quoting the Daily Mail.Two such instances have come up so far where grieving families learnt that some of their loved ones' remains were misidentified before being returned to the UK.