India will send the black box recovered from the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad to the United States for a detailed examination, reports said on Thursday.
They said the recorder has sustained heavy external damage from post-crash fire making it impossible to extract data in India.
The black box consists of two components—the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR). They provide crucial insights for crash investigators, including altitude and airspeed data and pilot conversation records that help determine probable causes of crashes.
Extracting data from these devices is crucial in the investigating the exact cause of the crash.
Reports said a team of Indian officials will also accompany the black box to Washington where the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will examine the recorder and share the extracted with India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
The London-bound Air India Boeing Dreamliner crashed into a doctors’ hostel, minutes after taking off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on June 12, killing all but one of the 242 passengers on board. At least 30 people on-ground also lost their lives in the crash—one of the deadliest in the aviation history.
