New Delhi: The Union civil aviation ministry on Thursday mentioned the probe into the Air India AI -171 crash, is progressing steadily in India, with the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) having began investigations six days in the past.
The investigation is being carried out with help from native authorities and companies, it mentioned in a clarification following reviews it was sending black containers recovered from the accident website to the US.
The ministry mentioned, “It has been reported in sure media retailers that the CVR/DFDR from the ill-fated AI-171 flight is being despatched overseas for retrieval and evaluation. The choice relating to the placement for decoding the flight recorders shall be taken by the AAIB after due evaluation of all technical, security, and safety issues. The Ministry of Civil Aviation urge all stakeholders to chorus from hypothesis on such delicate issues and to permit the investigative course of to proceed with the seriousness and professionalism it warrants.”
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Alongside, in an e-mail to frequent flyers, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson mentioned that flight was captained by well- skilled pilots, the plane was well-maintained and there was no difficulty earlier than the flight.
“The plane’s final main test was carried out June 2023 and the subsequent was scheduled for December 2025. Its proper engine was overhauled in March 2025, and the left engine was inspected in April 2025,” mentioned Wilson within the e-mail.
The civil aviation ministry mentioned the AAIB has accomplished the important thing restoration work of website documentation and proof assortment, and additional evaluation is underway.
Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner AI-171, crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on 12 June. Over 270 passengers and other people on the bottom, principally at BJ Medical School, misplaced their lives. This was the primary crash of a Boeing Dreamliner.
The AAIB recovered the primary black field – the mixed unit of the Digital Flight Information Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) – from the crash website on 13 June and the second black field on 16 June.
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The DFDR information flight parameters and operational knowledge throughout the flight, whereas the CVR information radio transmissions and sounds within the cockpit, together with pilot’s dialog with the ATC and co-pilot, engine noises, stall warnings, touchdown gear extension and retraction, and different clicks and pops.
In an announcement the federal government mentioned, “The AAIB investigation is progressing steadily with all essential help from native authorities and companies. The choice relating to the placement for decoding the flight recorders shall be taken by the AAIB after due evaluation of all technical, security, and safety issues.”
In April this 12 months, the AAIB commissioned the ‘Black Field Lab’, a DFDR & CVR Laboratory at its headquarters in New Delhi. The lab was constructed with a price range of ₹9 crore as per Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO) requirements with the most recent expertise.
The lab has the aptitude to restore broken black containers, retrieve knowledge and conduct analyses of accidents and incidents. This lab can also correlate knowledge from the CVR, radar and FDR.
Earlier than the commissioning of this lab, the AAIB used to ship CVR and FDR to the US or France. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) facility and Nationwide Aerospace Laboratories in Bengaluru had restricted capabilities.
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In the meantime, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu held a gathering with Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran and CEO Campbell Wilson. The minister reviewed Air India’s operations on the again of a 15% discount in widebody operations until mid- July. Air India was urged to make sure ground-level coordination to tell passengers about delays and cancellations.
Over the course of two days, Naidu has additionally met officers from SpiceJet, Indigo and Akasa to assessment fleet efficiency, security oversight and passenger expertise.
