Air India Boeing 787-8 [Credit: Shutterstock/Soos Jozsef]
Key Takeaways:
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, with video evidence indicating the landing gear remained down as it went down in an explosion.
The aircraft's black boxes have been recovered from the tail section, and India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is leading the investigation with assistance from U.S. investigators.
The plane, carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew, crashed into a medical college cafeteria, with a lone survivor reporting a loud bang roughly 30 seconds into takeoff.
The black boxes of the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed on takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday have been recovered.
The boxes record flight information and are located in the tail of the aircraft. Photographs of the accident site show the remains of the tail atop a building where the jet came down.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
