US official hopes India will be forthcoming soon about Air India findings
The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday she hopes the Indian government will be able to share details from the investigation into the
Air India crash
this month that killed 260 people in short order.
India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday that investigators have downloaded
flight recorder data
from the crash with assistance from the
NTSB
. "For aviation safety and for public safety and public awareness we hope that they will make their findings public swiftly," U.S. Transportation Safety Board chair
Jennifer Homendy
told Reuters.
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