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Heartbreaking Moment Air India Crash Survivor Farewells Late Brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, found the strength to be a pallbearer in his brother Ajay's funeral procession just days after he was discharged from hospital.

Still wearing bandages on his face and arms, Ramesh was only discharged from hospital on Tuesday.

Ramesh was sitting on the opposite side of the plane to Ajay, heading home to the UK, when the plane crashed just after takeoff, last week.

Ramesh was the only survivor of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash, which had departed with 242 people on board, en route to Gatwick Airport south of London.

Moments after the aircraft vanished from sight, CCTV footage captured a massive fireball erupting beyond the rooftops, lighting up the sky.