Black field of crashed Ahmedabad aircraft being probed in India, says Aviation minister

Jun 24, 2025 02:30 PM IST

Union civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu dismissed reviews of the black field being despatched overseas for examination. 

Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu mentioned on Tuesday that the black field of the Air India AI171 aircraft, which crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12 was in India solely and being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.

Tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft that crashed is seen caught on a constructing after the incident in Ahmedabad.(REUTERS )

Naidu’s assertion sought to dismiss reviews of the black field being despatched overseas for investigation.

The Gatwick-bound AI171 Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner plunged into the hostel complicated of BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar inside minutes of its takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport.

Of the 242 individuals onboard the aircraft, just one particular person survived. In addition, 29 folks on the bottom had been additionally killed by the terrifying aircraft crash. A complete of 270 individuals misplaced their lives to the tragedy. 

Officials recovered the black field of the Air India aircraft was recovered from the location on June 13.

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The black field is a small machine that information details about an plane throughout its flight. The field helps with aviation investigations in case of any incident.

The black field additionally includes two recorders, a cockpit voice recorder for pilot voices and cockpit sounds, and a separate flight information recorder.

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