"We have identified 259 victims. They include 240 passengers and 19 non-passengers. DNA test result of one passenger is still awaited," said Rakesh Joshi, superintendent of Ahmedabad civil hospital.

For Boeing, the Paris Air Show has been a chance to listen to the industry, one Boeing executive says. "What do they think of us? It doesn’t matter what we think of us.”

India will send the severely damaged black box from the Air India Boeing 787 crash to the United States for detailed analysis. Data extraction in India has proven unfeasible due to extensive fire damage.