NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUG 8
The digital flight data recorder (DFDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) have been recovered from the Air India Express plane at the Kozhikode crash site in Kerala, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.
The Minister who arrived Kozhikode in the afternoon take stock at the accident site along with AAI officials. In a tweet, the minister said that he will hold consultations with senior civil aviation officials and professionals.
Digital Flight Data Recorder & Cockpit Voice Recorder of the ill-fated aircraft have been retrieved. AAIB is conducting investigations. pic.twitter.com/WCOPV5ETTf
— Hardeep Singh Puri (मोदी का परिवार) (@HardeepSPuri) August 8, 2020
“The DFDR and CVR, which have been recovered from the plane, will help in finding the cause of this accident,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said.
These devices are with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and will be sent to Delhi for further investigation, according to the official.
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 on board overshot the tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday night while landing in heavy rain and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two, killing at least 18 people.
Probe begins, says Union Minister Muraleedharan
The Centre on Saturday said investigation is on to ascertain various aspects of the Air India Express flight crash at Karipur airport, which left 18 dead and several injured.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, who arrived here this morning from New Delhi on the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed by the officials of Air India and Airport Authority of India (AAI) on how the accident had occurred.
“Visited the crash site at #Calicut Airport. Officials of @airindiain and AAI briefed on how the accident had occurred. The investigation is on to ascertain various aspects of the crash,” the Minister said in a tweet.
The AIE flight with 190 passengers and crew on board had overshot the runway here while landing on Friday night and fell into a valley about 35 feet below and broke into two portions. Muraleedharan was accompanied by Kozhikode MP M K Raghavan, CMD Air India and officials of Air India and AAI.
