Black Box Recovered from Rooftop in Air India Crash Site Says AAIB

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday clarified that the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), regularly known as the black field, recovered from the rooftop of a construction on the web page of the Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad.

“Clarity on confusion: DFDR (Digital Flight Data Recorder) itself is the black box,” mentioned AAIB.

The AAIB has introduced a full-scale investigation following the Air India flight crash on Thursday, with over 40 body of workers from the Gujarat State Government becoming a member of efforts to beef up the Ministry of Civil Aviation groups at the flooring. 

“Contrary to some reports, the video recorder being circulated is not the DFDR (Digital Flight Data Recorder). The black box was found on the rooftop. AAIB began work with full force immediately. Over 40 staff from the State Government joined efforts to augment MoCA teams on site. The DFDR has been recovered from the rooftop,” mentioned the commentary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Air India flight AI171 crashed mins after take-off from Ahmedabad airport which claimed the lives of 265 other folks. On the flight, a complete of 230 passengers, together with 169 Indians and 53 British nationals boarded.

In the tragic incident, just one passenger in seat 11A survived, recognized as Ramesh Biswas Kumar. He used to be sitting on the subject of the emergency go out, and jumped from the plane prior to it went down.

“It happened in front of my eyes. Even I couldn’t believe how I survived. For a moment, I was confident that I was going to die. But when I opened my eyes, I realised that I was alive, then I tried to unplug my seat belt and exit from the broken emergency door. While I managed to exit, uncle-aunty sitting near me and an air hostess lost their lives in front of my eyes,” mentioned Ramesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally visited the crash web page and met injured survivors on the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.