'To go beyond technical causes': Government's first briefing after Ahmedabad plane crash
PTC News Desk: Two days after the fatal Ahmedabad plane mishap which killed 274 including on ground fatalities, the government in its first briefing after the incident said that a second investigation panel has also been formed to investigate the factors beyond technical causes. The panel will be lead by Union home secretary.
Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu while addressing the briefing said that the black box data from the ill-fated aircraft is being decoded. Multiple agencies are conducting rigorous investigation into the incident.
“The Ministry is taking the utmost seriousness to the incident. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) was immediately mobilised. The DG AAIB immediately rushed to the site to take stock of the situation. One update from the technical investigation team which is happening through AAIB is the recovery of the black box from the accident site at around 5 pm yesterday," the minister said.
He added, "the AAIB team believes that this decoding of the black box is going to give a, in depth insight into what would have actually happened during the process of the crash or moments before the crash itself. We are also eagerly waiting for what the results or the report is going to be once the AAIB goes through its full investigation".
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While emphasising on safety protocols and post crash measures, union minister said that India is equipped with strict safety standards and robust aviation safety framework in place.
"We have very strict safety standards in the country. When the incident happened, we also felt that there is a need to do an extended surveillance into the Boeing 787 Series. DGCA has also given an order to do the extended surveillance for the 787 planes. There are 34 in our Indian aircraft fleet today. I believe that 8 have already been inspected and with immediate urgency, all of them are going to be done," he added.
Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha, who also addressed the media ahead of the minister, said that the crashed Air India flight had completed its Paris-Delhi-Ahmedabad journey without any incident.
"As far as the entire history of the plane is concerned, before this accident, the plane had completed the Paris-Delhi-Ahmedabad sector without any accident," the Aviation Secretary said.
- PTC NEWS
