Indian investigators told lawmakers black boxes undamaged in Air India crash, sources say

By Abhijith Ganapavaram

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian investigators of the deadly Air India airliner clang that killed 260 past period told a gathering of lawmakers that the plane's achromatic boxes were not damaged, 2 radical acquainted with the discussions said.

The revelation astir the devices captious to reconstructing the events starring up to an aerial crash, comes aft Indian media said they were damaged erstwhile the London-bound Boeing Dreamliner crashed connected June 12, to erupt successful a monolithic fireball.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has besides been capable to extract "good data" from the achromatic boxes, its officials told lawmakers connected Wednesday during a parliamentary sheet gathering connected aviation, added 1 of the sources.

Both sources declined to beryllium identified arsenic the discussions are private. The AAIB and India's aviation ministry did not respond to Reuters queries.

The plane's cockpit dependable recorder (CVR) and formation information recorder (FDR), arsenic the achromatic boxes are formally known, were recovered successful the days aft the crash, 1 from a rooftop astatine the tract connected June 13, and the different from debris connected June 16.

The preliminary study from probe into the clang is apt to beryllium made nationalist by Friday, Reuters has antecedently reported.

The clang probe had narrowed its absorption to the question of the plane's substance power switches, and besides focused, astatine slightest partly, connected motor thrust issues, Reuters reported past month.

Air India has faced aggravated scrutiny since the crash. Its main executive, Campbell Wilson, appeared earlier the committee and the hose gave updates connected its efforts aft the crash, 1 of the sources said.

The EU Aviation Safety Agency has said it plans to analyse the company's fund airline, Air India Express, aft Reuters reported it did not travel a directive to alteration motor parts of an Airbus A320 successful a timely mode and falsified records to amusement compliance.

India's aviation watchdog has besides warned Air India for breaching rules for flying 3 Airbus planes with overdue checks connected flight slides.

(Reporting by Abhijith Ganapavaram, Nigam Prusty; Editing by Aditya Kalra and Clarence Fernandez)