Overview
- The cockpit voice recorder was recovered on June 15, completing the retrieval of both black boxes that will inform the probe into the June 12 crash.
- India’s Accident Investigation Bureau, Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch and the US National Transportation Safety Board have dispatched experts to Ahmedabad to examine wreckage and flight recorders.
- Civil aviation authorities have ordered inspections of all 34 Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, with renewed scrutiny following emergency landings on a similar American Airlines 787 earlier this year.
- Forty-seven victims have been identified through DNA testing, but many families are still awaiting the return of remains and have criticized Air India for poor communication and support.
- Boeing’s stock fell over 5% in New York trading and CEO Kelly Ortberg withdrew from the upcoming Paris Air Show to focus on the investigation.