Air India Plane Crash: DNA Of Manipur Cabin Crew Matched, Family To Bring Body Via Dimapur

Guwahati: The mortal remains of one of the two cabin crew members, from Manipur, Lamnunthem Singson, who was killed in the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, has been identified from DNA samples, the family confirmed.

Singson's family will take her body from Ahmedabad to Dimapur in Nagaland first and then by road from Dimapur to their rented house in Kangpokpi, around 165 kms away.

Lamnunthem's cousin, N Kipgen, speaking to digital news portal The Print said, the family doesn't want her body to be brought via Imphal and is willing to take the longer route via Dimapur.

The deceased's family said arrangements are being made to transport the body to Dimapur on Thursday morning. The exact flight schedule is yet to be worked out, they said.

Lamnunthem, along with her family, earlier lived in Imphal's Old Lambulane, but had to shift after communal tensions broke out in May 2023. Since then, her family has been living in Kangpokpi district as internally displaced persons, or IDPs.

K Nganthoi Sharma's (The other cabin crew from Manipur, who was killed in the crash) family is still awaiting for a DNA match.

The Manipur government Monday said, it was fully prepared to receive the bodies of the two flight attendants at Imphal airport, and "necessary arrangements have been made to ensure that their remains are treated with the highest dignity and respect, and subsequently transported safely to their respective homes," the post on X read.

Civil society groups in Imphal had also sought co-operation from civilans to ensure access to the airport to members of all communities, and assured free movement.

Published on: Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 09:43 PM IST