Death toll in India plane crash rises to at least 279

India's Minister of Civil Aviation Naidu Kinjarapu held a press conference on the Air India Flight AI171 crash. The death toll from the plane crash climbed to 279 on Saturday as officials sought to match the DNA of victims with their grieving relatives. A police source said on Saturday that 279 bodies had been found at the crash site, making it one of the worst plane disasters of the 21st century.