A British man – the only survivor of the Air India crash in Ahmedabad – has been discharged from hospital, the airline has confirmed.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, has since been seen in video as a pallbearer for the coffin of his brother – one of many 241 individuals killed within the crash – at a funeral in western India.
At the least 30 individuals additionally died on the bottom because the Boeing 787 Dreamliner struck a medical faculty hostel shortly after take-off from the airport on Thursday.
In an announcement, Air India mentioned it was “in mourning for the tragic loss” of passengers and crew aboard flight AI171 and is involved with kinfolk of these killed, together with 52 British nationals.
It mentioned it was working to repatriate the deceased to the UK and different elements of the world, including: “The sole survivor of the accident, also a British national, has been discharged from hospital.”
“The investigation is ongoing,” it mentioned. “We are cooperating with all parties involved and are committed to sharing verified information and will continue to provide updates wherever we can.”
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in hospital
There have been 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian among the many passengers, together with 12 crew.
The one survivor, Mr Ramesh, was in seat 11A, close to the emergency exit.
Dozens of anxious relations are ready to gather the our bodies of family members as docs work to collect dental samples and carry out DNA profiling to determine victims.
Air India and the Indian authorities are points linked to engine thrust, flaps, and why the touchdown gear remained prolonged, or within the down place, after take-off.
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Each the cockpit voice and flight information recorders, additionally referred to as black packing containers, have been recovered. They are going to be essential to the crash investigation, which incorporates air accident investigators from the UK and US.
India’s aviation security watchdog has requested Air India for the coaching data of the pilots and dispatchers, whereas an inspection of Air India’s 787 fleet didn’t reveal any main points.
Whereas there has not been an replace on the potential reason behind the crash, Indian officers have raised issues about current maintenance-related points reported by the airline and suggested the service to “strictly adhere to regulations”.
