Ahmedabad plane crash: Shifting of wreckage underway for 3rd day
The process of shifting the wreckage of the
Air India plane
, that crashed on June 12 on a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad, to the airport premises here was still on for the third day, officials said on Tuesday.
The Gujarat police on Sunday started moving the wreckage on trucks from the crash site in Meghaninagar to
GUJSAIL
(Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited) building, which is in the airport premises.
The ill-fated plane's tail fin, which got stuck on the medical college hostel premises, was shifted on a truck on Sunday.
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The wreckage will be in custody of the the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is investigating the plane crash, Joint Commissioner of Police, Sector 2, Jaipal Singh Rathore told PTI.
"We began moving the wreckage of the Air India plane to the GUJSAIL building on June 22 and the work is still going on as the recent spell of rain has caused some interruption," said Rathore.
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The shifting work will be completed soon, he added.
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The debris was being moved on trucks from the crash site.
The
black box
of Air India's
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
plane and its cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the debris days after the crash.
Apart from AAIB, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading a parallel international investigation into the plane crash.
The
London-bound plane
with 242 persons on board crashed into the medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
on June 12, killing 270 persons, including 241 on board. One passenger survived.
So far, 259 persons killed in the crash, including 241 on board the plane, have been identified through
DNA matching
and facial features, and 256 bodies handed over to their families, as per officials.
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