The black box found on the Ahmedabad CRASH site while waiting for the family to answer

Lucy Clarke-Billings

BBC News

grey placeholderThe EPA image shows two officials who inspect the plane crash near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ameda Bard in Gujarat, West India.EPA

Indian private aviation minister said on Friday that a black box was found at the AIR INDIA airplane accident site in Ahmedabad.

RAM Mohan NAIDU KINJARAPU recovered flight data recorders within 28 hours by the Indian Aircraft Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

All of the 242 people on the London Bound flights died when they crashed into a residential area of ​​less than 60 seconds after taking off on Thursday. An official said at least eight people on the ground died on the BBC.

KINJARAPU said, “(The recovery of the black box) has made an important progress in the investigation and said,” We will help the survey greatly in disaster. “

Airplanes generally have two black boxes of small but tough electronic data recorders.

One records flight data such as high and speed. The other record is heard of the cockpit, so the investigator can hear what the pilot says and hear unusual noise.

AAIB is leading an investigation into collisions that are helped by the US and British teams. Boeing’s chief executive officer of Kelly Otberg said the company is supporting the investigation.

Air India said that after taking off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on 13:39 local time (08:09 GMT), there are 169 Indians, 53 British, 7 Portuguese and one Canada.

18:25 BS will land at Gatwick Airport in London.

On Friday, the debris was still scattered in the crash, including the black wings of the plane, and many aircraft were trapped in the building.

Investigators arrived at the scene and the crowds were far from the debris.

The doctor said it depends on the DNA of relatives to identify the victims in the BBC. A police officer in the afternoon room said six relics have been released to their families so far.

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the only survivor of this collision, is still recovering in the hospital by sitting in 11a during the flight.

“I still can’t believe how I made it alive,” he said to DD news on Indian on Thursday.

“At first, I thought it would die. I opened my eyes, loosened the seat belt, and tried to fly.”

A 40 -year -old Ramesh, who was burned in his left hand, said he saw the passengers dying in front of his eyes by seeing the aircraft crew.

Meanwhile, desperate families are still waiting for the news of their relatives.

IMTIAZ Ali, where Javed and his family are on the plane, said he would not believe he died until he saw his brother’s body.

“I can’t control it if I start to cry and start crying,” he told the BBC.

“No one will stop me … my heart can burst.”

‘I don’t believe it yet’: The passenger family waits for the answer

The plane crashed in a residential area called Meghani Nagar and had just taken off, but the impact was serious. According to the respondents, the debris spreads more than 200m (656FT).

It is still unclear how many people were killed on the ground, but I heard that the BBC has killed more than eight people who are not on the aircraft.

Dr. Minakshi Parikh, the BJ Medical College and Dean of the Private Hospital, said four students died as the plane crashed into a campus building.

Dr. Parikh said, “There were four relatives of our doctor on the campus when the aircraft crashed, and they were killed.”

“We rely only on the DNA and identify them, and we can’t simply rush or make mistakes.

“We are working faithfully. We want relatives to understand and have some patience. I want to hand over as soon as possible.”

Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent about 20 minutes at the plane accident.

He later did not talk to reporters, but the video posted on the YouTube channel showed that he wandered around the site and inspected the debris.

MODI also visited the location of the current virus image that shows the tail of the crash plane tied to the building.

grey placeholderEPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK NARENDRA MODI is looking at the tail of a plane that collides in the building.EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK

The tail of the plane lying in the building has become part of the definition of this disaster.

At the beginning of Friday, Air India CEO CAMPBELL Wilson went to the crash and later described the visit as a “deeply moving”.

By tracking the website and tracking FlightRadar24, the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 has completed more than 700 flights in the year leading to a Thursday disaster.

The AIR INDIA plane was 11 years old and the most common route included not only the flight between Mumbai and Dubai, but also European destinations such as New Delhi, Milan, Paris and Amsterdam.

The plane has operated 25 flights from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick over the past two years.