Picture from Air India plane crash site
The digital flight data recorder of the Air India Express flight that crashed at Kerala's Kozhikode airport late Friday has been recovered. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said while the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) has been recovered from the aircraft, the floorboard is being cut to retrieve Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 onboard overshot the tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday night while landing in heavy rains and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 100.
The black box records the conversation between the pilots as well as with the air traffic control tower, apart from the flight data. According to aviation guidelines, the DGCA will conduct a detailed probe and identify the real cause of the accident.
Meanwhile, Air India Express has arranged two special relief flights from Delhi and one from Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the family members.
