At least 265 people on board and on the ground were killed when the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner smashed into a residential area soon after takeoff on Thursday. Just one passenger miraculously survived the giant fireball.
He said they had spoken as his cousin sat in the plane just before takeoff.
Nanabawa, speaking in the early hours of Friday morning, said he and his family had given DNA samples, but were yet to “identify any of the bodies”.
Indian police said at least 265 bodies had been recovered from the smouldering crash site -- both from the wreckage of the plane and the medical staff accommodation into which the burning jet crashed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the crash “heartbreaking beyond words”.
Shah said the final official toll would “be declared only after DNA testing is completed”.
“We have taken samples of babies and those above 80 years old. I don’t have words to explain this,“ said a doctor, on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Only one is confirmed to have survived, a British national.
“As doctors, you’re always prepared for the worst right?” the medic added.
Above, the sounds of planes echoed, with the hall close to another airport.
One woman, too grief-stricken to give her name, said her son-in-law had been killed.
“I can’t break the news to her, can someone else do that please?”
Friends also arrived in a desperate search for news.
“I am using everything in my power, political contacts, whatever it is, to find him”, he said in desperation, as he supported his friend’s brother, who was providing a DNA sample.
Ismail Sheikh said he had celebrated only days before with his friend, a London resident who had returned to see family in India.
Sheikh recalled taking his friend to the airport 15 years ago, when he moved to London with high hopes for the future.
“Now I am here,“ Sheikh said, his eyes wet with tears. “This is unimaginable”.
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