AI plane crash lone survivor attends brother's cremation in Diu

Viswash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, has been discharged from the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital following his recovery. He attended the cremation of his deceased brother who was flying with him on the same aircraft, officials said on Wednesday.

Vishwas, a 40-year-old British businessman from Leicester, was discharged on Tuesday evening, they said. The mortal remains of his brother Ajay were handed over to the family in the early hours of Wednesday after a DNA test confirmed his identity, Ahmedabad Civil Hospital's medical superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi told reporters.

"Viswash's family has already arrived here from the United Kingdom. Following his recovery, we gave discharge to Viswash at 7.30 pm on Tuesday and his brother's mortal remains were also handed over to the family after a DNA match," he said.

Viswash and Ajay, who were natives of Diu, were heading back to London after spending some time with their family members in the union territory. In a video that surfaced on social media, Vishwas can be seen carrying his brother's mortal remains on his shoulders to the cremation ground in Diu, a district of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Local officials confirmed that Ajay was cremated at Diu by his family on Wednesday morning and Viswash was also present there. A day after the crash, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Viswash at the civil hospital and enquired about his health.