US EditionMint primer | Air India crash: How is the Indian probe going?
- On June 12, 2025, Air India's Boeing 787-8 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 270 people including 241 onboard.
- A specialized team comprising experts from multiple disciplines was established on June 13 to conduct the investigation in accordance with international standards.
- Both flight recorders were retrieved within a week of the accident and transported to Delhi on June 24 for the commencement of data analysis.
- The AAIB and US National Transportation Safety Board began extracting data on June 24, successfully downloading the CVR memory module on June 25 to reconstruct the crash sequence.
- The probe continues without a formally appointed lead investigator, raising concerns about meeting the 30-day ICAO preliminary report deadline despite full legal compliance.
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Malay Mail
Indian investigators retrieve black box data as search for answers continues after deadly Air India crash
AHMEDABAD, June 26 — Indian investigators have successfully retrieved data from the black boxes of a Boeing plane, after it crashed in one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, the government said Thursday. All but one of the 242 people on board the Air India flight were killed on June 12 when the jet crashed in the western city of Ahmedabad, where at least 19 others were left dead. Two weeks after the disaster, the civil aviation ministry …
India yet to name lead investigator for Air India crash as probe timeline pressures mount
While the investigation has technically begun, aviation safety experts say the absence of an official order designating an investigator-in-charge is a critical delay that could affect the timeline mandated by international standards
Efforts on to reconstruct events that caused Air India crash, says India government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Efforts are underway to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the Air India plane crash this month that killed 260 people, and identify contributing factors, India’s civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. A team led by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau began extracting data from the black boxes on June 24, and the crash protection module from the front black box has been retrieved, with its memory mod…
Black box data from crashed Air India plane under analysis, says Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said the analysis of the data from Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) — recovered from the crash site of Air India Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft in Ahmedabad — is currently underway in full compliance. According to a statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, all actions so far related to Black Boxes have been taken in full compliance with domestic laws and international obligatio…
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