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Sole Survivor of Boeing Crash Carries Coffin of His Brother Killed in the Disaster

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, still wearing bandages, became visibly emotional at the ceremony.

The sole survivor of the Air India crash carried the coffin of his brother, who was among those killed in the disaster, on Wednesday. Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40, was on the same Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner as his brother, Ajay, when the London-bound aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff last Thursday. At least 270 people, including Ajay, were killed—Ramesh was the only passenger to survive. The bereaved brother was later spotted walking towards the smoldering wreckage just minutes after escaping in a vain attempt to save his brother. Ramesh had his face and arms covered with bandages as he carried the flower-adorned coffin to the crematorium in Diu, western India—a town which lost 14 other people in the crash, according to the BBC. Ramesh was also seen sobbing in anguish at the ceremony. Ramesh was seated in seat 11A on the doomed aircraft—a window seat by the emergency exit—while brother Ajay was several rows in 11J, according to the Hindustan Times.