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Ahmedabad Air India Crash: Govt confirms ongoing ‘data extraction’ from black boxes

According to the officials, analysis of Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder are being analysed as the part of the investigation.

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The wreckage of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad last week. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

Ahmedabad Air India crash update: The government confirmed Thursday that the data extraction process from the black boxes of the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12 is currently underway, news agency PTI reported. A multi-disciplinary team, led by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) chief, is probing the plane crash.

According to the officials, analysis of the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder is being conducted as part of the investigation.

“The Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely retrieved, and on 25 June, 2025, the memory module was successfully accessed and its data downloaded at the AAIB Lab,” the statement said. “These efforts aim to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the accident and identify contributing factors to enhance aviation safety and prevent future occurrences,” the statement added.

The Civil Aviation Ministry in a statement said: “The team, constituted as per international protocol, is led by DG AAIB, and includes an aviation medicine specialist, an ATC officer, and representatives from National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) which is government investigative agency from the state of manufacture and design, (USA), as required for such investigations.”

“Following the unfortunate accident involving Air India Flight AI-171, the AAIB promptly initiated an investigation and constituted a multidisciplinary team on 13 June 2025, in line with prescribed norms,” the ministry added.

The ill-fated Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft was en route to London Gatwick crashed into a medical hostel complex soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing over 270 people, including 241 people who were onboard the plane.