Mostly intact black box seen as key break in Air India plane crash investigation | Latest News India - Hindustan Times
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Black Box Key to Air India Crash InvestigationThe mostly intact flight recorder will be analyzed in India as no explosives were found and wreckage recovery continues under tight security.
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- The nearly undamaged black box from Air India flight 171 allows data extraction to likely occur domestically.
- Advanced scans and canine units detected no explosive traces at the crash site during thorough security sweeps.
- Efforts persist to retrieve the aircraft’s tail section, housing the second black box, for comprehensive analysis.
- All debris is preserved onsite until investigators decide on relocating the wreckage to a controlled facility.
The NSG teams did not find any trace of explosives or IEDs across any debris of the Air India plane.— A police officer who requested anonymity commented on the findings of the security sweep.
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