Overview
- Investigators accessed the Crash Protection Module on June 24 and downloaded its memory module from the front black box at the AAIB lab in Delhi on June 25.
- Analysis of cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder recordings is underway to reconstruct AI-171’s final flight path and cockpit communications.
- Officials anticipate preliminary findings on the crash’s causes within seven to ten days and plan to release a final report within about a month.
- The June 12 crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad killed 270 people, including 241 onboard and 29 on the ground.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered enhanced pre-flight safety checks and Air India has adjusted operations, including some flight cancellations, in response to raised safety concerns.