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The black box of plane of Air India, which was crashed in Ahmedabad, will now go to Washington for investigation.
Highlights
- Crash Plane’s black boxes will be investigated in America.
- AAIB unable to extract data from the black box.
- Britain will also be involved in the investigation of the black lack box.
At the same time, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to send Black Box to America to further investigate the matter. It is worth mentioning that on the afternoon of June 12, Air India flight AI-171 crashed a few seconds after flying. In this horrific accident, 241 passengers and 30 people on the ground lost their lives. While a passenger survived in a surprise manner.
Why did AAIB stand hands?
According to sources, the black box has suffered a lot of damage due to the fire after the accident, due to which it is not possible to remove data from it in India. The AAIB laboratory in Delhi was built last year, but it is not yet so equipped that the data can be removed from the damaged black box. Therefore, the flight data recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Records (CVR) of the black box will now be sent to the US for investigation.
According to a senior official, now the FDR and CVR of Black Box will be investigated in the laboratory of the National Safety Transport Board (NTSB) in Washington. The recovered data during the investigation will be shared with AAIB. According to international rules, where the accident has happened, the responsibility of investigation is also from the same country. Therefore, the NTSB team will take the black box to its laboratory under the supervision of Indian officials, so that all the rules can be followed.
The official said that in this investigation, officials of the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch will also be present, as 53 British citizens were among those killed in the accident. According to the investigators, FDRs get technical data like flight, speed, height, engine performance, while CVR’s interaction from the CVR, information about the alert in the cockpit is revealed. This can clear the picture of every second before and after the accident.
How much will you have to wait for the truth
The senior official said that it may take two days to several months to extract data in view of the loss of the recorder. Experts must separate the chip from the circuit board so that there is not much damage. The status of electronic circuits will also be investigated. At present, investigators are also trying to find out whether the flap of the wings was open correctly, why the landing gear came down and there was no disturbance in the fuel or electronic failure, which stopped the engine.

Anoop Kumar Mishra is Associated with News18 digital for the last 3 years and is working on the post of assistant editor. He writes on health, aviation and defense sector. He also covers development related to …Read more
Anoop Kumar Mishra is Associated with News18 digital for the last 3 years and is working on the post of assistant editor. He writes on health, aviation and defense sector. He also covers development related to … Read more