The digital flight data recorder (DFDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) have been recovered from the Air India Express plane at the Kozhikode crash site in Kerala, an aviation regulator official said on Saturday.
“The DFDR and CVR, which have been recovered from the plane, will help in finding the cause of this accident,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said.
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These devices are with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and will be sent to Delhi for further investigation, according to the official.
Talks between senior army commanders of India and China were underway on Saturday to take forward the disengagement process along the LAC at a number of friction points including in Depsang in eastern Ladakh, sources said. The Major General-level talks are being held at a border personnel meeting point in Daulat Beg Oldi area on the Chinese side of LAC, they said.
A total of 196 doctors in the country, majority of them being general practitioners, have succumbed to Covid-19 so far, said the IMA on Saturday, requesting PM Modi for his attention. “Our nation has lost 196 doctors, out of which 170 of them are above the age of 50 years, with general practitioners attributing to around 40% of it,” the IMA said.
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 on board overshot the tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday night while landing in heavy rain and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two, killing at least 18 people.