The black box of the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper that crashed with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and others on board has been recovered and taken away for further investigation.
Official sources said the black box was retrieved in the wake of authorities expanding the search area from 300 metres to one km from the accident spot.
A 25 special team of the Air force officers led by Wing Commander R. Bhardwaj has recovered the black box, it was retrieved in the wake of authorities expanding the search area from 300 metres to one km from the accident spot and more details are awaited.
The team has been conducting search operations since morning as the priority on Wednesday was to recover the bodies safely to Wellington Army hospital.
A Black Box is neither black in colour, nor box in shape, but is actually a compressor shaped device made in high-visibility orange colour. Black box would provide crucial data on the chain of events leading to the tragedy on the hills.
The black box can reveal the data about the helicopter’s final flight situation and other aspects. Though called black box, the flight data recorder is painted in bright orange colour and it records the flight data and cockpit conversations. Further forensic examination of the remains of the chopper can also reveal if there were external causes for the accident.
(With inputs from agencies)
