AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people, officials said Sunday.

Families of the victims of the Air India crash gathered in Ahmedabad to receive the bodies of their loved ones from medical officials. Some spoke of the difficulties of planning formal burials, having to wait days to receive victims' remains.

An Air India plane crashed Thursday near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, the airline and the country’s government said.