India to decide on overseas analysis of flight recorders

The Office of the India Aircraft Accident Survey (AAIB) has not yet decided whether the flight data and the Vocal Recorders of the Air India Air Cockpit which crashed last Thursday will be sent abroad for decoding and analysis.

At least 270 people, most of them were killed when the Dreamliner Boeing 787-8 to London crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in western India.

Some media have indicated that the black boxes were sent abroad, but the Ministry of Civil Aviation said that no final decision had been made.

The ministry said AAIB will determine the location for analysis after an “evaluation due to technical, security and security factors”.

The investigators recovered the two sets of sets of improved air flight recorders (EAFR) – The “Black Boxs” – of the Boeing 787 accident site.

These combined units, which record the flight data and the audio of the cockpit, were found on June 13 and 16. The plane model offers two of these sets to help an in -depth analysis.

The data recorders follow with high precision the position of the gear and flap levers, thrust parameters, engine performance, fuel flow and even activation of the fire handle.

The data of the “black boxes” of the plane can be used to rebuild the last moments of the flight and determine the cause of the incident.

However, some media indicated that the Recorders had been seriously damaged in the fire This engulfed the plane after the accident, which makes it difficult to extract data in India and that the government planned to send the recorders to the United States.

Captain Kishore Chilta, a former AAIB accident investigator, told all BBC One recorders could also be sent to the United States “to compare downloaded data in India with that provided to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)”.

He said that the new AAIB laboratory In Delhi was inaugurated in April, “it is not clear if it is fully operational for EAFR data downloads”.

Meanwhile, Air India President said that one of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other should not maintain before December.

In an interview with Times Now News Channel, N Chandrasekaran said that the two engines of the plane had “clean” stories.

In addition, the airline said that the inspections had been completed on 26 of its 33 Boeing 787-8 and 787-9, which were all authorized for the service “.

The Aviation Regulator of India had ordered additional security checks on the Boeing 787 Fleet of Air India after the fatal accident as “preventive measure”.

Thursday, the airline announced that its flights will be reduced on 16 international roads and suspended on three destinations abroad between June 21 and July 15.

“The discounts arise from the decision to voluntarily undertake improved flight security checks, as well as additional flight durations resulting from aerial space closings in the Middle East,” the airline said in a statement.

The announcement one day after the carrier said that it temporarily reduces the flights operated with 15%wide bodies.