Air India Ahmedabad plane crash families urge PM Modi to release black box data

NEW DELHI: Ten months aft the tragic Air India level crash that killed 260 radical successful Ahmedabad, astir 30 grieving families person written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the merchandise of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (black box) data.Air India formation AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 en way to London, crashed into a aesculapian assemblage hostel analyzable soon aft taking disconnected from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport connected June 12.The craft bursted into flames, sidesplitting 241 retired of 242 radical onboard and 19 individuals connected the ground.The families, who met successful Ahmedabad connected Saturday, said that the merchandise of the achromatic container and CVR information is important to uncover the information down the calamity.“We privation to cognize the information astir what caused the clang and whether determination was immoderate method problem,” they said.Copies of their missive were besides sent to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Gujarat main curate Bhupendra Patel. The families demanded that if the achromatic container information cannot beryllium made public, it should astatine slightest beryllium shared privately with them.The airline’s effect to the families’ plea is awaited. The AAIB had submitted its preliminary probe study successful July 2025. The last study is expected to beryllium released successful June 2026, according to PTI.