The Mangalore aircrash of 22 May 2010: practical problems related to identification of the dead in a populous developing country.

Autor: Menezes RG; Department of Forensic Medicine, Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore, India., Shetty BS, Rastogi P, Padubidri JR, Babu YP, Nagesh KR, D'Souza DH, Shetty M, Monteiro FN, Dsouza HL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Medico-legal journal [Med Leg J] 2012; Vol. 80 (Pt 4), pp. 151-4.
DOI: 10.1258/mlj.2012.012015
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE