US EditionAir India: Investigators Find Cockpit Voice Recorder From Crashed Plane
- An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad last week, killing 274 people including 241 on board and 33 on the ground.
- The crash happened 36 seconds after takeoff when the plane lost thrust and struck buildings near the airport, prompting an investigation by India's AAIB.
- The AAIB leads the inquiry with help from US and UK teams, recovering the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder to analyze the accident.
- The cockpit voice recorder will reveal final pilot communications, including the distress 'mayday' call, to clarify the timeline of the malfunction before the crash.
- A high-level committee established by the Indian government aims to deliver an initial report in the next three months, recommending new standard operating procedures to enhance aviation safety.
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India plane crash: Families’ agonising wait for identification of loved ones
Investigators in India have found the cockpit voice recorder from the Air India flight which crashed on Thursday after taking off from Ahmedabad and left at least 270 people dead. But while the investigation continues into the tragedy – only around 90 victims have been formally identified. And that’s left many bereaved families with an agonising wait.
U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of India’s Plane Disaster
Crash investigators from the United States have reached Ahmedabad to help piece together how one of India’s worst plane disasters unfolded, with Indian government officials saying the cockpit voice recorder had been recovered. The investigators, from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, are conducting “a parallel probe under international protocols since the aircraft is American-made,” the Indian government said in a statement late Sun…
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