The two black boxes of the Air India Boeing 787 that crashed last June 12 in Ahmedabad, in the northwest of India, will decipher in India, announced on Thursday the Indian Civil Aviation Directorate.
The aerial disaster, the deadliest worldwide since 2014, left at least 279 dead people, according to a provisional police report made public two days after the accident. A single passenger, sitting near an emergency exit at the front of the plane, miraculously survived its fall, with 242 people on board, in a residential area of the city less than a minute after takeoff. At least 38 people were killed in the field, according to the same evaluation of the police source.
A “well maintained” device, according to Air India CEO
According to the first elements of the investigation inaugurated by the Office of Civil Aviation Accidents of India (AAIB), the pilot issued an emergency appeal just after its flight. The video images are transmitted after the accident that show the Boeing Dreamline unable to take altitude, then clash against an orange fire ball.
The two black boxes of the aircraft, the Technical Flight Data (FDR) and the conversations in the cabin (CVR) were found on June 13 and 16. They were sent to the Laboratory of the Air Accident Office (AAIB) in the capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday, civil aviation in a statement.
“The analysis of the CVR and the FDR is underway,” he continued, adding that National Security Researchers (NTSB) participated in the operation.
A “well maintained” device, according to Air India CEO
The Air India flight accident is the first one that involves a Boeing 787, entered the service in 2011. “All these operations are carried out in the application of international laws and international obligations (of India) in accordance with the time limits,” insisted civil aviation. The Indian media suggested that the black box exam could take place in the United States. Researchers have not yet advanced any hypothesis to explain the accident.
Last week, the Air India CEO, Campbell Wilson, had assured that the plane that crashed was “well maintained.”
Civil aviation ordered an inspection of the other 33 B-787 in the Air India service after the accident. No particular problem was reported after these operations. Gujarat State Minister Rushikesh Patel said on Wednesday that 259 victims had been identified thanks to his DNA. Identification work is still in progress.
Source: BFM TV
