title: The Mangalore aircrash of 22 May 2010: practical problems related to identification of the dead in a populous developing country.
abstract: It was a sad and emotional moment for the citizens of Mangalore, India when the "Dubai to Mangalore" Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight IX-812 crashed at the Mangalore International Airport on 22 May 2010, killing 158 people on board. Identification of the victims was difficult as most of the bodies were charred beyond easy recognition. The practical problems faced by the legal authorities in identifying the charred victims in a populous and developing country like India are discussed in this paper.
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore, India.
authors: Ritesh G
authors: RG
authors: Menezes
authors: B Suresh Kumar
authors: BS
authors: Shetty
authors: Prateek
authors: P
authors: Rastogi
authors: Jagadish Rao
authors: JR
authors: Padubidri
authors: Y P  Raghavendra
authors: YP
authors: Babu
authors: K R
authors: KR
authors: Nagesh
authors: Deepak Herald
authors: DH
authors: D'Souza
authors: Mahabalesh
authors: M
authors: Shetty
authors: Francis N P
authors: FN
authors: Monteiro
authors: Haneil Larson
authors: HL
authors: Dsouza
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005190:Family; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents