India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is still considering whether the flight recorders from the recent Air India crash will be sent abroad for analysis.
According to the BBC, some reports suggested that the black boxes might be sent overseas, but the civil aviation ministry confirmed that no final decision has been taken.
The AAIB will decide where to analyze the flight data after carefully reviewing technical, safety, and security requirements.
The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flying to London, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, with at least 270 people losing their lives in the tragedy.
Investigators found both sets of Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorders (EAFRs) on June 13 and June 16 at the crash site.
These black boxes store critical flight data and cockpit audio that are essential to understanding what caused the accident.
Captain Kishore Chinta, a former AAIB accident investigator, said one of the recorders might be sent to the United States for data comparison with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
He also noted that the AAIB’s newly opened lab in Delhi may not yet have full capability to download and decode the EAFR data.
Air India’s chairman N Chandrasekaran said one of the plane’s engines was new, while the second engine was scheduled for maintenance in December.
The airline has completed safety checks on 26 of its 33 Boeing 787 aircraft and confirmed that these planes are safe to fly.
Air India announced it will cut flights on 16 international routes and suspend three routes between June 21 and July 15 to allow extra safety checks.
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