'Black box damaged, sent to manufacturer'

Mangalore: Members of the Court of Inquiry appointed by the Union government into the May 22 Air India Express flight crash visited the crash site here on Monday.
The Court of Inquiry aims to do a “serious and sincere job” of the investigation into the crash, Air Marshal (retd.) Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale, who will conduct the inquiry, told journalists at the crash site. The team arrived at the Mangalore airport in the afternoon and spent nearly half an hour at the crash site.
Terming the incident a tragedy, Mr. Gokhale said: “We are here to do a serious and sincere job and pass on the lessons learned from this tragedy.”
Mr. Gokhale said the government would soon set up a website on the latest developments of the investigation. The court had been asked to complete the investigation by August 31, but it would be done “as soon as possible,” he said.
Discussing the progress of the court, Mr. Gokhale said it had studied the data collected by various agencies such as the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation and the United States National Transport and Safety Board.
On the recovery of data from the black box, Mr. Gokhale acknowledged that the device had been damaged: “It has been sent to the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), and data from it can be recovered.”
08/07/10 The Hindu

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