The body of 15-year-old Akash Suresh Patni, a resident of Ahmedabad who dreamt of becoming a pilot, was identified through DNA testing on Monday night and handed over to his family on the following day. Akash was among the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash and had often told his mother, “One day I will fly an airplane.”

The sisters brought rakhis to lay on the coffin. Pics/Nimesh Dave

He was at the crash site by chance on June 12, delivering lunch to his mother, who runs a tea stall near a student hostel located along the airport’s flight path. Akash frequently helped her at the stall, and his sisters told mid-day he would gaze at planes overhead, imagining himself in the cockpit.