Investigators have recovered the Cockpit Voice Records (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, due to the deadly accident of last week.
London-Bound Air India aircraft, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed soon after flying from the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. At least 270 people have been killed, most of them are passengers.
CVR captures the audio from the cockpit, which includes pilot conversations, alarm and ambient sounds.
The flight data recorder (FDR), which logs important flight parameters such as height, speed and engine performance, was recovered from the debris on Friday.
Both CVR and FDR are collectively known as the “black box” of an aircraft. This is an important tool in an air crash investigation, which helps experts to re -organize the last moments of the flight and determine the cause of the event.
Black boxes, unlike the name, are actually two bright orange equipment – one for CVR and the other for FDR – painted with reflective strips for easy recovery after the accident. Both these devices are designed to avoid accidents.
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of Investigation (AAIB) is leading the investigation into the causes of accidents aid by the US and UK teams.
On Sunday, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials surveyed the site of the aircraft accident.
“Aaib has launched a detailed investigation, and the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting a parallel investigation under the International Protocol, as the aircraft is American,” A statement issued Said on Sunday.
Indian media outlets have cited sources that Boeing and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials – US Aviation Safety Agency – also visited the site.
Separately, a high-level committee established to investigate the causes behind the accident by the Government of India expects its first meeting on Monday.
The committee will submit an initial report within three months, All India Radio saidAnd will propose new standard operational procedures (SOPs) to help prevent similar incidents in the future.
As the investigation continues, the families on the ground are still struggling with mistrust and trauma.
Less than a minute after flying from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, the AI171 flight crashed at BJ Medical College and a doctors’ residence building at Civil Hospital.
All but 242 passengers and crew members were killed. Officials are also trying to establish how many people were killed and how many people were killed to confirm the identity of the victims and how many people were killed.
Over the weekend, doctors said 270 bodies were recovered from the accident site.
More than 90 victims have been identified Through DNA Milan, Dr. of Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. Rajneesh Patel said on Monday. He said that 47 of the identified bodies have been sent to their families.
The known victims are former Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, whose funeral will be held on Monday. Rupani, whose political career spread over 50 years, will be kept in Rajkot City to rest with full state honors.
For many other families, stimulated waiting continues.
Officials told the BBC that the identity process has been slow and laborious, as many bodies were badly burnt in accident and are being processed in small batches.
Mistry Jignesh, while waiting outside the hospital for updating on his niece, told the BBC on Saturday that the officials told him that it could take longer to hand over his niece’s remains as the search for the bodies is still going on. They were earlier told that the body would be handed over by Sunday, after 72 hours it normally takes DNA to complete the matching.
“When people are still missing, how can they complete the DNA process till tomorrow? What if my niece’s remains are not even found? Waiting is killing us,” he said.
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