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.

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. Vishwashkumar Ramesh's brother Ajay was also on the ill-fated flight but did not survive the tragedy.

Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said on Wednesday that Air India's Boeing Dreamliner flight that crashed with 242 people on board last week had a clean engine history. In an interview with Indian broadcaster Times Now,