Viswashkumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the Air India AI-171 crash near Ahmedabad, was discharged from the hospital after six days. The British national, who lost his brother Ajaykumar in the disaster, recalled hearing strange noises and the pilot's distress call before the crash.
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