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India has decided to send the black box of the crashed Air India flight to the United States for analysis. The Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) will be examined at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) facility in Washington. The recorder suffered significant external damage, which in India made data extraction impossible. Although India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has a laboratory at its Delhi headquarters, it lacks the capacity to retrieve data from heavily damaged recorders.
The NTSB team will transport the recorder under protection and supervision from Indian officials to ensure proper procedures are followed. Once in the US, the data will be shared with the AAIB. Since the device is damaged, the chip will need to be carefully removed by extracting the memory board to prevent further data loss. Additionally, the electronic circuitry will be examined for damage.
Investigators are exploring multiple possibilities, including whether the aircraft’s wing flaps were correctly extended, why the landing gear was deployed, and if electronic failures or fuel contamination could have caused engine shutdowns. The Boeing 787 is built with multiple redundancies, allowing it to operate safely for up to 345 minutes on a single engine even if several systems fail.
The pilot issued a single emergency Mayday call, which was the last radio communication before losing contact. Afterward, there was no response to air traffic control, according to Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha. The AAIB has yet to establish a formal investigation panel but has a month to submit a preliminary report.
