Air India Crash: Burial of Victim on Hold as Mum Discovers Something Unexpected Inside Son's Casket

• Amanda Donaghey, the mother of British victim Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, was devastated to discover that the remains sent home in her son's casket did not belong to him
• After the Air India crash which claimed 241 lives, including 52 British nationals, there was an alleged mix-up in the identification and repatriation of the victims' remains
• Donaghey appealed to the UK government to investigate the mishandling of her son's remains and ensure proper retrieval and return for a befitting burial

Amanda Donaghey's family was left heartbroken after discovering that the remains sent home in her son Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek's casket did not belong to him.

Fiongal, 39, and his husband Jamie, 45, were among the 52 British nationals who lost their lives in the Air India crash on 12 June.

Mum says wrong body was in casket

The devastating news emerged as the families of Fiongal and Jamie prepared to lay the couple to rest together.

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Donaghey, a grieving mother, had previously flown to India to identify her son's remains, providing a DNA sample to aid in the process, The Guardian reports.

A match was reportedly made, and she returned to the UK with what was believed to be Fiongal's coffin.

However, subsequent DNA tests carried out in the UK revealed that the remains in the coffin did not belong to her son.

"We don't know what poor person is in that casket. I had my doubts but to be told that was heartbreaking. This is an appalling thing to have happened," Donaghey said.

She appealed to the UK government to do everything in its power to find out what happened to Fiongal's remains "and bring Fiongal home".

The entire family's pain was deepened by the sorrowful discovery, and they sought answers and closure in the midst of their grief.

Reactions over wrong body sent to family

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TikTok users stormed the comments section to react to the video.

@gondogoru2.0 said:

"If there's a body of this guy some other family has been given it and buried/ cremated it already."

@riverofpoetry said:

"Oh no, if the other person has been cremated this will be a nightmare. There may not be remains to give back to this poor family."

@RKaul@7 said:

"How can they make such an error?"

@Chaïma asked:

How does this happen?"

@bowtie said:

"This is awful the family have been through enough."

@joy1984uk said:

"Oh my God this is just heartbreaking. How can this even happen, it’s pure negligence throughout. Poor family, this is dreadful beyond belief."

@pithik1 said:

"Indian government need to be held to account for this on an international platform."

@User7893409 said:

"So heartbreaking poor family I hope they can bring him home and lay him to rest."

@Marsha said:

"My brother in law is pilot for British airlines and apparently the guy was terroist because his last words were god is amazing and god will gill us more if we killl peoples."

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@laur said:

"This is just awful as if the situation wasn’t bad enough there’s 2 families with the wrong body."

@Maria_s 1234567 said:

"That's crazy imagine if it was a Muslim or someone who didn't want to be cremated."

@shystaahpatel added:

"This is the sort of stuff that happens in India!!! absolutely awful!"

Survivor Ramesh gives epic reply to cousin

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a cousin of Air India crash sole survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, broke his silence following the sad incident.

In a heartbreaking video posted online, he shared his conversation with his cousin Ramesh and his response to the questions thrown at him.

Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng