The black boxes from Air India Flight AI-171 have been recovered and are currently being analysed at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) laboratory in Delhi, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Thursday, June 26.
Following the June 13 crash, the AAIB constituted a multidisciplinary investigation team, led by its Director General, in line with international protocols. The team includes an aviation medicine expert, an Air Traffic Control officer and representatives from the US-based National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the designated agency from the aircraft’s state of manufacture.
Both the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) were located at the crash site. The first was found on June 13 on a rooftop, while the second was retrieved from debris on June 16. As per procedure, the devices were kept under round-the-clock police protection and CCTV surveillance in Ahmedabad.
