Mangalore, May 23: Investigators today retrieved the ‘Black Box’ from the wreckage of the ill-fated Air India Express which is expected to throw light on what went wrong in Saturday’s crash that left 158 people dead.
The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit (DFDAU), 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.
The throttle in the cockpit, which was extricated from the debris, was found in a forward position suggesting that the pilot may have attempted a final thrust to take-off seconds before the crash.
A Civil Aviation Ministry statement in Delhi said that the CVR was affected by fire but was expected to yield the desired information.
–PTI