The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has clarified to a parliamentary panel that it has not yet submitted the initial investigation report on the Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, PTI reported.
The PTI report citing sources also said that no report has been finalised so far and investigations are underway in one of the worst air disasters in India.
The panel was informed that the black box and voice recorder of the aircraft were intact and data was being investigated.
The clarification came amid media claims that a preliminary report had already been shared with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
The AAIB told the panel that the preliminary report will be made public within 30 days of the June 12 crash.
The clarification follows reports citing unnamed sources that the AAIB had shared its preliminary findings on the crash, which killed over 250 people, with the civil aviation ministry and other authorities.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely recovered. The memory module was accessed and data was downloaded on June 25 at the AAIB’s Delhi-based lab. Investigators used a “golden chassis,” an identical model of the black box, to validate data extraction.
One of the recorders was found on June 13 on a rooftop near the crash site, while the second was recovered from the debris on June 16.
The multi-agency investigation team is being led by the Director General of AAIB and includes experts from the Indian Air Force, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the official body for investigating accidents involving American-made aircraft. Representatives from Boeing and General Electric are also assisting the investigation in New Delhi.
For years, Indian authorities relied on foreign labs to decode flight recorders, often sending black boxes to countries including the UK, US, France, and Russia. However, the AAIB Lab in Delhi is now fully equipped to decode Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) domestically.
The PTI report citing sources also said that no report has been finalised so far and investigations are underway in one of the worst air disasters in India.
The panel was informed that the black box and voice recorder of the aircraft were intact and data was being investigated.
The clarification came amid media claims that a preliminary report had already been shared with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
The AAIB told the panel that the preliminary report will be made public within 30 days of the June 12 crash.
The clarification follows reports citing unnamed sources that the AAIB had shared its preliminary findings on the crash, which killed over 250 people, with the civil aviation ministry and other authorities.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely recovered. The memory module was accessed and data was downloaded on June 25 at the AAIB’s Delhi-based lab. Investigators used a “golden chassis,” an identical model of the black box, to validate data extraction.
One of the recorders was found on June 13 on a rooftop near the crash site, while the second was recovered from the debris on June 16.
The multi-agency investigation team is being led by the Director General of AAIB and includes experts from the Indian Air Force, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the official body for investigating accidents involving American-made aircraft. Representatives from Boeing and General Electric are also assisting the investigation in New Delhi.
For years, Indian authorities relied on foreign labs to decode flight recorders, often sending black boxes to countries including the UK, US, France, and Russia. However, the AAIB Lab in Delhi is now fully equipped to decode Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) domestically.
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