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What the ‘black box’ can tell us about plane crashes
A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned ...
Mint Explainer | What caused the Air India crash: Malfunction or human error?
The fuel control switches on the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner transitioned from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within one second, causing a sudden power loss that led to the 12 June Air India crash.
Air India plane crash report: How 'Golden Chassis' helped AAIB get raw data from black box
A Golden Chassis is a specialised tool used to recover data from damaged flight recorders. It consists of an identical, ...
Black box data tells all about deadly flight Air India 171: Full sequence of events that ended in a tragic crash
Flight AI423 crashed shortly after takeoff due to a dual engine failure triggered by the fuel cutoff switches being inexplicably moved to the CUTOFF position. Despite attempts to relight the engines, ...
Air India crash report: 49 hours of raw data retrieved from black box using US ‘Golden Chassis’
Data from the forward EAFR was extracted at the AAIB lab in New Delhi on June 24. The Crash Protection Module was found ...
From fuel switch error, black box chats, bird activity to May Day call: Read Air India crash report | Full PDF
Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane that was operating flight AI 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick on June 12, crashed seconds ...
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Air India Ahmedabad plane crash: U.S. Golden Chassis helped AAIB download raw data from black box
A Golden Chassis from the United States helped download 49 hours of flight data from one of the black boxes of Air India's ...
Air India pilot’s chilling question seconds before deadly crash revealed – as probe finds switch issue flagged in 2018
ONE of the pilots operating the doomed Air India flight asked why fuel was cut off just seconds after takeoff, a preliminary ...