AHMEDABAD — Indian authorities announced Wednesday that DNA testing has identified more than 200 victims of last week’s Air India plane crash, bringing some closure to grieving families as efforts continue to investigate the deadly incident.

The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed into a residential neighborhood in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. The crash killed nearly all on board and at least 38 people on the ground. Only one person survived the disaster.

Families of the victims have been submitting DNA samples to help in the identification process, which officials described as painstaking and emotionally wrenching.

“As of 2 PM, 202 DNA samples have been successfully matched,” Harsh Sanghavi, Gujarat State's Home Minister, posted on X (formerly Twitter).

The aircraft erupted into a fireball upon impact, with eyewitnesses describing horrific scenes of burning debris and charred bodies scattered across the crash site.

Authorities have yet to determine the exact cause of the crash. Investigators from the United Kingdom and the United States have joined India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) to assist with the inquiry. Both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder — commonly known as the black boxes  have been recovered and are being analyzed at a recently upgraded AAIB lab.

In response to the tragedy, India’s civil aviation regulator ordered immediate safety inspections of Air India's entire Dreamliner fleet.

“Initial checks revealed no major safety concerns,” the regulator said Tuesday. “The aircraft and related maintenance systems were found to be compliant with existing safety standards.”

As the investigation continues, officials emphasize that more detailed findings will emerge once analysis of the black boxes is complete.