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Air India Crash: What Black Boxes Reveal About Boeing’s CrisisWhen a disaster happens in the air, the world is curious to know why. In the aftermath of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash near Ahmedabad, those reasons are thought to be found in two small,
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
Fresh revelations into the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 have uncovered a series of electrical and digital malfunctions in the weeks leading up to the accident, prompting questions over whether technical faults may have played a role in the fatal sequence of events.
The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.