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.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Air India crash survivor attends funeral of brother who died in crash 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.