Second black box recovered from Air India crash site, official says
A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS
Second black box recovered from Air India crash site, official says
AHMEDABAD, India - Investigators in India on June 15 recovered the second black box from the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 that crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 279 people, authorities announced.
The cockpit voice recorder has been found, Mr PK Mishra, a senior aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in a statement. The flight data recorder was recovered on June 13, one day after the crash.
Only one passenger survived among the 242 travellers and crew on board the Air India jet when it crashed June 12 into a residential area of Ahmedabad, killing at least 38 people on the ground.
'The AAIB has launched a detailed investigation, and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting a parallel probe under international protocols since the aircraft is American-made,' Mr Mishra said in a statement.
'Officials confirmed that the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) have been located and secured.'
Multiple experts have said it is too soon to say why the jet crashed shortly after takeoff. AFP
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