TRAGIC MISTAKE: Air India Crash Victims’ Families Say They Were Given Wrong Bodies — “We Don’t Know Who We Buried”

In a heartbreaking revelation following the deadly Air India plane crash on June 12 that killed 260 people, the families of two British victims — Fionnghall Greenlaw-Meek, 39, and his partner Jamie, 45 — have claimed they were given the wrong bodies to bury.

Fionnghall’s grieving mother, Amanda Donaghey, has spoken out about the devastating mix-up, saying that despite traveling to India immediately after the crash and providing a DNA sample at a hospital in Ahmedabad, she was ultimately given the body of a stranger.

According to Amanda, she flew back to the UK on June 20 with what she believed was the confirmed body of her son, based on matching DNA results conducted in India. The family, along with Jamie’s relatives, had planned a joint burial for the couple — a final moment of peace and remembrance for two lives cut tragically short.

But their closure was shattered when, on July 5, UK authorities informed Amanda that new DNA tests conducted on British soil had revealed a shocking truth: the body she brought home was not her son’s.

“We don’t know who the poor soul was in that coffin,” Amanda said, visibly shaken. “I had my doubts, but hearing the truth confirmed broke my heart all over again. It’s a nightmare no parent should have to go through.”

She is now pleading with the British government to urgently intervene and help locate her real son’s remains. “All we want is to bring Fionnghall home. This mistake is not just horrifying — it’s cruel. And someone has to fix it.”

The Air India crash, which occurred under still-unfolding circumstances, claimed the lives of passengers from multiple countries. With many bodies badly burned and disfigured, identification has been a complex and painful process. Authorities in India had relied heavily on DNA testing to match remains with families, but this latest error has raised serious questions about the reliability and accuracy of that process.

Officials from both the UK and India have now acknowledged the error and say investigations are underway. A spokesperson for the British High Commission stated that they are in contact with the families affected and are “working closely with Indian authorities to ensure the correct remains are located and returned.”

For Amanda Donaghey, however, the pain is compounded by a feeling of betrayal. “We trusted the system. We believed the scientists. We carried a coffin thinking it held our son… but it was all wrong. How can this happen in the 21st century?”

The families of both Fionnghall and Jamie are now demanding a full inquiry into the identification procedures used by Indian authorities and asking for better international cooperation in handling disaster victims. They also want assurance that other families haven’t unknowingly buried the wrong loved ones.

This tragedy, already defined by loss, has now been deepened by a gut-wrenching error — turning mourning into confusion, and peace into pain. As Amanda and other families wait anxiously for answers, one question hangs heavily in the air: If they didn’t bury their sons… then who did?