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Vishwas Kumar, the only person who survived the Ahmedabad plane crash, on Wednesday attended the last rites of his brother Ajay, who was also onboard the ill-fated flight and lost his life alongside 240 other passengers. Vishwas was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after recovering from the injuries he sustained during the accident. He was admitted to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.

Vishwas and Ajay, who were natives of Diu, were travelling back to London after spending time with their family.

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The mortal remains of Ajay were handed over to his family after his identification through DNA sampling on Wednesday. His family members also arrived from London to pay their last respects to him. Vishwas was also seen carrying the mortal remains of his brother on his shoulders to the cremation ground in Diu.

A now-viral video, captured by the onlookers after the Air India plane crash, showed Vishwas miraculously walking out of the accident site with his phone in his hand. He was in seat 11A inside the aircraft, which was close to the emergency exit.

"Luckily, the portion of the plane where I was seated fell on the ground floor of the hostel premises after the plane crash-landed. When I saw that the door of the plane was broken, I told myself that I can try and get out. Eventually, I came out of the plane," PTI quoted Vishwas as saying to the reporters about his survival.

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As many as 241 persons on board the London-bound AI171 flight lost their lives after the aircraft crashed into the hostel complex of a medical college shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12. As many as 30 persons on the ground were also killed in the incident.