Pune, Jun 24 (PTI) Civil Aviation Minister Ok Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday mentioned the black field of the Air India aircraft which crashed in Ahmedabad earlier this month was being examined by the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau, and dismissed hypothesis that it could be despatched overseas for an inquiry.
The London-bound Air India flight crashed right into a hostel advanced in Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport there on June 12 afternoon, killing 270 individuals, together with 241 on board. One passenger survived.
The black field of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft was recovered from the positioning on June 13.
A black field is a small system that data details about an plane throughout its flight. It helps within the investigation of aviation accidents.
Requested about some media experiences suggesting the black field can be despatched overseas for a probe into the incident, Naidu mentioned, “…it’s all hypothesis. The black field may be very a lot in India and it it at present being investigated by the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).”
To a question on when is the black field information anticipated to be retrieved, the minister mentioned it’s a very technical matter.
“Let the AAIB conduct the probe and undergo all the course of,” he added.
Naidu was talking right here on the sidelines of the Helicopters & Small Plane Summit 2025, organised by FICCI collectively with the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
A high-level panel has been set as much as examine the causes of the Ahmedabad aircraft crash and the investigation is progressing easily, the federal government mentioned after the incident.
“Decoding the black field goes to present an in-depth perception into what occurred moments earlier than the aircraft crash,” Naidu had earlier mentioned.
