Black Box of IX-812 not yet found; Govt. to use Sonar detecting equipments to trace it
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, May 23, 2010
A similar aircraft of Air India Express that crashed in Mangalore (File Photo)
Officials on Sunday recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the wreckage of the ill-fated Air India Express. However, there is still no clue of the crucial 'Black Box'. There are apprehensions that it was taken away by the villagers. Now govt. is planning to use Sonar detectors to trace the missing black box.
Data from cockpit voice recorder is being analysed to ascertain the causes of the Saturday's crash that left 158 passengers and six crew members dead.
Sources in the civil aviation ministry said the CVR, which record cockpit conversation and all technical details, have been traced from the debris of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which overshot the runway and burst into flames after plunging into a ravine.
In a related development, Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav announced an interim compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the victims, above 12 years of age, Rs five lakh for those below 12 years and Rs two lakh for those injured in a jam packed press conference in Mangalore.
However, Mr. Jadhav ruled out that the pilot fatigue and inexperience as one of the possible causes of the crash.
Mr. Jadhav also informed that all the 158 bodies have been recovered from the site and 28 bodies of the total 158 have been identified and handed over the families.
He informed that 12 bodies are yet to be identified and Post mortem was being carried out on remaining 18 bodies.
