AHMEDABAD, India, June 14 (Reuters) - The death toll in

the deadly Air India plane crash rose to 270 on Saturday, with

families increasingly getting upset due to delays in handing

over bodies which were badly charred in the tragedy in the

western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on

board bound for Britain's Gatwick Airport began losing height

seconds after take-off on Thursday and erupted in a fireball as

it hit buildings below, in what has been the world's worst

aviation disaster in a decade.

At least 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of the

plane crash, Dhaval Gameti, president of the Junior Doctors

Association at B.J. Medical College, told reporters.

Only one of the 242 passengers and crew onboard survived

while others were killed as the plane struck the medical

college's hostel as it came down.

The crisis has

cast a shadow

on Air India, which has for years struggled to rebuild its

reputation and revamp its fleet after the Tata Group took over

the airline from the Indian government in 2022. Tata's chairman

said on Friday the group wants to understand what happened, but

"we don't know right now."

Air India and the Indian government were looking at

several aspects of the crash

including issues linked to its engine thrust, flaps, and

why the landing gear remained open as the plane took off and

then came down, Reuters has reported.

Dozens of

anxious family members

have been waiting outside an Ahmedabad hospital to collect

bodies of loved ones killed in the crash, as doctors were

working overtime to gather dental samples from the deceased to

run identification checks and DNA profiling.

Rafiq Abdul Hafiz Memon, who lost four relatives in the

incident, said he was not getting any answers from authorities

and was "very hassled".

"We have lost our children .. we are not understanding

anything. Please help us get information about our children.

Tell us when they are going to release their bodies," Memon

said.

Another father was upset about not able to get the body

of his son, Harshad Patel, saying he was told by authorities it

will take 72 hours for DNA profiling. "The authorities are

trying to help but our patience is running out," he said.

Most bodies in the crash were badly charred and

authorities are using dental samples to run identification

checks.

Jaishankar Pillai, a forensic dentist, told reporters on

Friday they had the dental records of 135 charred victims, which

can then be matched through reference to victims' prior dental

charts, radiographs or other records.