Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Shifting Of Wreckage To Airport Underway On Third Day Amid Rain Delays

Air India crash probe progresses as wreckage shifts to Ahmedabad airport. Black box recovered; 259 of 270 victims identified. AAIB and NTSB lead investigation amid weather delays.

The London-bound plane with 242 persons on board crashed into the medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12

Source : PTI

The process of shifting the wreckage of the Air India plane, that crashed on June 12 on a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad, to the airport premises here was still on for the third day, officials said on Tuesday.

The Gujarat police on Sunday started moving the wreckage on trucks from the crash site in Meghaninagar to GUJSAIL (Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited) building, which is in the airport premises.

The ill-fated plane's tail fin, which got stuck on the medical college hostel premises, was shifted on a truck on Sunday.

The wreckage will be in custody of the the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is investigating the plane crash, Joint Commissioner of Police, Sector 2, Jaipal Singh Rathore told PTI.

"We began moving the wreckage of the Air India plane to the GUJSAIL building on June 22 and the work is still going on as the recent spell of rain has caused some interruption," said Rathore.

The shifting work will be completed soon, he added.

The debris was being moved on trucks from the crash site.

The black box of Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane and its cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the debris days after the crash.

Apart from AAIB, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading a parallel international investigation into the plane crash.

The London-bound plane with 242 persons on board crashed into the medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, killing 270 persons, including 241 on board. One passenger survived.

So far, 259 persons killed in the crash, including 241 on board the plane, have been identified through DNA matching and facial features, and 256 bodies handed over to their families, as per officials. 

 

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