Ahmedabad crash: Centre to send Air India black box to US for analysis, says report

It will now be sent to the National Safety Transport Board’s laboratory in Washington for analysis and the findings will be shared with India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau

The Central government is set to send the black box of the London-bound Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad, which crashed just a few minutes after takeoff, to the US for investigation, a report by The Economic Times said on June 19.

The recorder has received severe external damages that has made it difficult for the local investigators to extract data, the newspaper said citing sources.

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It will now be sent to the National Safety Transport Board’s laboratory in Washington for analysis and the findings will be shared with India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, ET said.

Local authorities had recovered the second black box from the crash site on June 16. The crucial recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, which was found last week, will help find the reasons for the crash that killed 241 out of the 242 on board and several others on the ground.

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The London-bound Air India Flight AI-171, carrying 242 passengers, crashed mere seconds after departing from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on June 12.