At least two British families received the remains of what they thought were their relative but were misidentified.
According to a lawyer representing them, one victim’s family had to cancel a planned funeral after the coffin contained the remains of somebody else.
In another instance, a coffin contained the remains of more than one victim.
It came to light when the senior coroner for London Inner West, Dr Fiona Wilcox tried to verify the remains through DNA.
The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad airport last month.
A British passenger was the sole survivor.
Many of the relatives were interred in India while at least a dozen were repatriated to the UK.
“The families deserve urgent answers and assurances about the whereabouts of their loved ones,” said lawyer Healy-Pratt, who spoke to the Daily Mail.
“I’ve been sitting down in the homes of these lovely British families over the last month, and the first thing they want is their loved ones back. But some of them have got the wrong remains and they are clearly distraught.”
He added: “The coroner also has a problem because she has an unidentified person in her jurisdiction.”
Healy-Pratt said the two families have been in contact with their MPs and the Foreign Office.
“On the known evidence, the chain of custody of these lost loved ones was unacceptably poor,” he added.
“We are investigating the causes of those failures and demanding answers on behalf of these deserving British families.”
