On June 12, the only person survived in the disastrous aircraft accident of Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad was seen carrying the body of his brother Ajay Ramesh, who was traveling in the same aircraft. In a poignant video on Wednesday, Ramesh was shown recovering from the burnt wounds, who was giving shoulder to his brother’s bier, while the family and the mourning people gathered in Diu for the funeral. Ramesh had earlier appeared in a video exiting the burning debris after the aircraft hit the hostel of BJ Medical College. He was admitted to the hospital due to serious injuries and burns, but recently he was discharged from the civil hospital after his condition was stable.
Funerals were performed in various states
The bodies of seven other people killed in the accident were also brought to Diu for the last rites. On Tuesday, Captain Sumit Sabharwal, senior crew member Aparna Mahadik and crew member Maithili Patil were cremated at his respective hometowns Mumbai, Raigad and Goregaon.
Increase in the number of dead after confirmation of identity from DNA matching
Officials said on Wednesday that 190 accident victims have been identified so far through DNA test, out of which 159 bodies have already been handed over to families. Air India’s AI-171 aircraft going to London, in which 242 people were aboard, crashed only a few minutes after the flying, in which all of them died and at least 32 people were killed on the ground. The dead included former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was cremated with full state honors on Monday.
#WATCH | Diu | Lone survivor of AI-171 flight crash, Vishwas Ramesh Kumar, mourns the death of his brother Ajay Ramesh, who was travelling on the same flight
Vishwas Ramesh Kumar is a native of Diu and is settled in the UK. pic.twitter.com/fSAsCNwGz5
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