'Even today, if a plane leaves the civilian airport, it will be scary': The doctor who examined the bodies after the plane crash said - 'The condition of the bodies was such that it took 3 months to come out of the shock'

Today marks the first anniversary of the Ahmedabad plane crash. The doctors and staff who were present at the time of the accident and were on duty at the hospital after the accident still tremble remembering those days. After the plane crash killed 270 people, the biggest challenge was to conduct post-mortem of the bodies and identify them. Bhaskar spoke to the resident doctor of the forensic department of Ahmedabad Civil who was involved in the process. The doctor said that even today, if the plane comes out of the civil and the sound is heard, then it is scary. "After this accident, I got to learn a lot as a doctor, but let's pray that this kind of tragedy never happens in the future," he said. His hands started burning while accepting the body. Yash Resident Dr Yash Joshi of Ahmedabad Civil Forensic Department spoke to Bhaskar about the post-mortem of the 270 people who died in the plane crash. Dr. Joshi said, "I am studying PG at the Civil Hospital. My posting was at Kalol on June 12, 2025. So I immediately came to Ahmedabad within an hour. When I came here, we were given the responsibility of conducting the post-mortem. We were present at the PM Room of the Civil Hospital from 3 pm. Bodies started coming one after the other. We had to receive the bodies. When the bodies were taken inside, their hands started burning. 'A new PM Room had to be opened in the old Trauma Centre as the PM Room was small' Dr. Joshi further said, "We identified the body part by giving tags and numbers to the body one by one, the body part was identified and the details were written in the paper. The body was very bad and the cause of death was also known. Have been. We also made a list of where the dead body was kept. At the time of PM, we took samples of soft tissue from different bodies to identify the body, prioritising teeth and bones and if bones were not found, then sent to FSL. We also had a dental team with us who helped us take dental samples. We had to identify the body, which we did by working non-stop. Most of the bodies were arrived by the next day. But different parts of the body were constantly being found. When we got the samples of the samples that were found till the seventh or eighth day, we would PM that part and put it in a separate bag. 'Shocked to find the body of our fellow student while PM' Nothing special happened to us while PMING the body, but a body came, and suddenly I saw the body of the medical student whom we had taught, which was a little shocking. I had to work, so I started working again. After the accident, we worked day and night. There were no fixed hours of work, we were given shifts, but we were devoting as much time as we could. Even today, I am scared when a plane passes over civil. Yash Dr. Yash further said that after becoming PM, there was a shock because I had never seen such a large number of bodies before and in such a bad condition. It took about three months to come out of the shock. During this time, I could not sleep at night and the same scenes were seen again and again in my dreams. Even today, when the sound of a plane comes from the top of the Civil Hospital, there is a fear that the plane might crash. On the first anniversary of the Ahmedabad plane crash, read this news: On the first anniversary of the plane crash, the Federation of Pilots Associations has questioned the Ahmedabad plane crash as one year has been completed. The president of the Federation of Pilots Associations (FPIA) has raised some serious questions about the plane crash and the investigation that followed. CS Randhawa interacted with the media. "The company that makes the plane is different, the company that makes its computer system is different and the company that makes the engine is different," he said. The company that made all the three parts of the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad is based in the US. In the preliminary investigation into the plane crash, these three companies have been given a clean chit. According to the DGCA, there was a fault in the fuel control switch. They have filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court by making the father of the deceased pilot a co-petitioner. (Read the full story)