Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu dismissed speculation that the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 that crashed in Ahmedabad has been sent to the US.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday confirmed that the black box recovered from the crashed Air India flight is being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). He dismissed speculation that the flight recorders would be sent abroad for analysis,

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is reviewing both onboard flight recorders recovered from Air India Flight 171 but has not determined whether data extraction will take place in India or abroad, the agency said. Investigators recovered one of the Boeing 787’s recorders on June...