Investigators have began analysing knowledge extracted from the black field retrieved from Air India flight 171 to search out clues on why the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad airport on June 12 , the federal government mentioned on Thursday.
A crew led by the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), the designated authority for air crash investigations in India, extracted each cockpit voice recorder and flight knowledge recorder knowledge after the units have been recovered from the crash web site and flown to the bureau’s lab in Delhi, the federal government mentioned in an announcement. The crew, arrange in accordance with Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation norms, is led by the Director Common of AAIB and contains technical specialists from AAIB and the US Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB), an aviation drugs specialist and an ATC (air visitors management) officer, the federal government mentioned.
The assertion signifies a vital break within the investigation. Investigators usually face prolonged delays in air crash probes when broken black packing containers should be despatched to unique gear producers for extracting the info.
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The Boeing 787 has two black packing containers, one at every finish of the plane, for redundancy. Every black field, which is in actual fact colored brilliant orange, in a 787 comprises what is called the improved airborne knowledge recorder (EADR) that features the flight knowledge recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
One set was recovered from a rooftop of a constructing on the crash web site on June 13 and the opposite from the wreckage on June 16 and stored beneath police safety and CCTV surveillance.
Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed right into a medical school advanced in close by Meghaninagar and burst into flames, killing 241 of the 242 passengers and crew on board and no less than 19 extra within the neighborhood. The tail of the plane that was lodged on the roof of the mess of the residential wing of the medical school and different particles strewn over the positioning are being transferring to a constructing on the airport premises.
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“..The black packing containers have been introduced from Ahmedabad to Delhi by IAF plane with full safety on 24 June, 2025. The entrance black field arrived at AAIB Lab, Delhi with the DG (director normal) of AAIB at 1400 hrs on 24 June, 2025,” the assertion mentioned.
“The rear black field was introduced by a second AAIB crew and reached AAIB Lab, Delhi at 1715 hrs on 24 June,” it added.
Efforts to extract knowledge started the identical night.
“The Crash Safety Module (CPM) from the entrance black field was safely retrieved, and on 25 June, 2025, the reminiscence module was efficiently accessed and its knowledge downloaded on the AAIB lab,” the assertion learn.
The evaluation of cockpit voice recorder and flight knowledge recorder knowledge, the federal government mentioned, goals to reconstruct the sequence of occasions resulting in the accident and establish contributing components to reinforce aviation security and forestall future occurrences.
India, as a signatory to the (ICAO) Chicago Conference (1944), investigates plane accidents in accordance with ICAO Annex 13 and the Plane (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Guidelines, 2017. “All actions have been taken in full compliance with home legal guidelines and worldwide obligations in a time sure method,” the federal government mentioned.
