Second black box recovered from Air India crash site
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A police officer standing near the wreckage of the Air India plane which crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, India.
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AHMEDABAD, India - Investigators in India on June 15 recovered the second black box from the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 that crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 279 people, the authorities announced.
The cockpit voice recorder has been found, said Mr P.K. Mishra, a senior aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a statement. The flight data recorder was recovered
Only one passenger survived among the 242 travellers and crew on board the Air India jet when it crashed on June 12
“The AAIB has launched a detailed investigation, and the US National Transportation Safety Board is conducting a parallel probe under international protocols since the aircraft is American-made,” Mr Mishra said in a statement, referring to India’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
“Officials confirmed that the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been located and secured.”
Multiple experts have said it is too soon to say why the jet crashed shortly after take-off. AFP
