NEW DELHI, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Investigators from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) have submitted a preliminary report on the recent Air India deadly crash to the federal ministry of civil aviation, a local news agency Asian News International (ANI) reported Tuesday.
"AAIB submits its preliminary report on the AI 171 plane crash to the ministry of civil aviation and the concerned authorities. The report filed is based on the initial findings of the probe," ANI quoting its top sources said.
While the contents of the preliminary report are unknown, it is believed that it will give critical information about what caused the crash.
The London-bound Air India aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed on June 12 shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, about 17 km south of Gandhinagar, the capital city of India's western state of Gujarat, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.
The accident also killed 19 people on the ground after it crashed at the premises of B J Medical College in the Meghaninagar area, causing severe damage to the buildings
The black boxes of the plane, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR), which were recovered following the crash, were sent to the AAIB lab in Delhi for analysis.
AAIB, which investigates aircraft accidents in India, promptly initiated an investigation and constituted a multidisciplinary team on June 13 in accordance with international norms and protocols to probe the crash. ■