Leaving hospital with wounds still fresh, the sole survivor of last week’s Air India plane crash solemnly carried the coffin of his brother, performing the last rites for a life lost in the deadly disaster.

Air India crash survivor attends funeral of brother who died in crash The British man who was the sole survivor of last week's Air India plane crash has helped lay his brother to rest at a funeral in western India.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the Air India crash, carried his brother Ajay's coffin at a funeral in India on June 18 The 40-year-old British national was sitting just a few rows away from his brother when flight AI171 crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12 Vishwash previously said he and his brother were returning to the United Kingdom after visiting family in India when the crash occurred The lone survivor of the Air India crash has attended the funeral of his brother,