India sends blackbox of crashed C-130J to US for decoding data
31 March 2014 11:59 PM GMT
The black box of the C-130J transport aircraft that crashed near Gwalior on Friday has suffered damage and the Air Force has sent it to the US to seek the assistance of its manufacturer Lockheed Martin in decoding the data, IAF officials said on Sunday.
The connectors of the Flight Data Recorder or the black box are damaged along with the card inside the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).
‘To avoid any loss of data while trying to decode the equipment, we have decided to send the black box to the US,’ an IAF spokesperson said here. The black box was sent by an early morning flight today to Lockheed Martin, he said.
The delay in decoding the black box data would also mean a delay in determining the cause of the crash, he said.
The IAF had stated on Friday that it would come out with a preliminary report on the reasons behind the mishap in 24 hours. The IAF spokesperson also denied reports suggesting that the C-130J fleet has been grounded after the crash, saying the aircraft did not fly yesterday as the personnel of the squadron were busy in the last rites of the five victims of the crash.
The Super Hercules Special Operations transport aircraft crashed near Gwalior killing five crew members on Friday last after taking off from Agra.
The connectors of the Flight Data Recorder or the black box are damaged along with the card inside the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).
‘To avoid any loss of data while trying to decode the equipment, we have decided to send the black box to the US,’ an IAF spokesperson said here. The black box was sent by an early morning flight today to Lockheed Martin, he said.
The delay in decoding the black box data would also mean a delay in determining the cause of the crash, he said.
The IAF had stated on Friday that it would come out with a preliminary report on the reasons behind the mishap in 24 hours. The IAF spokesperson also denied reports suggesting that the C-130J fleet has been grounded after the crash, saying the aircraft did not fly yesterday as the personnel of the squadron were busy in the last rites of the five victims of the crash.
The Super Hercules Special Operations transport aircraft crashed near Gwalior killing five crew members on Friday last after taking off from Agra.
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