00:00we are filing this report for you from the ministry of civil aviation headquarters in
00:16new delhi and this is the place where aaib is housed aircraft accident investigation bureau
00:23which is looking into the details of that black box which has been extricated from the accident site
00:32in amdabad the ill-fated plane the ai 171 the plane that came crashing down on thursday in amdabad
00:42the black box has been recovered and this is the place where the black box would be investigated
00:48and we would then come to know about the exact reasons what transpired in the cockpit what was
00:54the scenario and whether there were some malfunction that happened in the aircraft
01:01or during the prior flights that it had taken on the same day of thursday when the plane came from
01:07paris to new delhi and then from new delhi to amdabad from amdabad the plane took off
01:15for london gatwick airport and that was the precise moment at 1 39 pm on thursday when the plane came
01:23crashing down the minister of civil aviation has also done a press conference today and this place
01:29assumes a lot of significance here if you would take a look at it this is uran bhavan where the
01:35civil aviation ministry the dgca uh the director general of uh civil aviation and aaib are housed
01:44and the black box so the importance of it is very important what we are expecting from the black box
01:51generally what they contain is uh uh very crucial yeah they can sustain high impact forces they can
01:58sustain intense fire also and deep sea pressures in all scenarios where wherever they meet with an
02:04accident they repair any damage to the fdr and cvr they extract data and audio using specialized equipment
02:10this is what will be done here at the aib synchronized parameters and cockpit sounds to
02:15reconstruct the flight's final moments and differentiate between mechanical faults engine
02:19thrust failure flag configuration flap configuration and human factors like pilots response decision making
02:25etc so all these things uh is what uh the authorities would be looking at as of now uh in this all
02:33important black box that has been retrieved cockpit voice recorder as it is also named is what stores a
02:41data of 25 hours and it gives us the descriptions and details of the previous flights including uh
02:49providing a window into developing mechanical issues before the of the accident of the flight so very
02:56important uh revelations expected to come out as the ministry also awaits the details from the black box
03:04and one india would be keeping a close eye on the developments and bringing to you
03:08the latest on this massive massive tragic civil aviation disaster not just in the history of india
03:16but in the history of world civil aviation with camera person bunty this is a pankaj mishra reporting for
03:22one india from the headquarters of civil aviation ministry in new delhi
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