NEW DELHI, India – Chai! The saga of the Air India Flight 171 crash just took a new twist as investigators don finally recover the much-talked-about black boxes after their crash landing on June 12. This incident, wey don claim at least 260 lives (abeg, wetin be dis?), occurred na as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner takeoff from Ahmedabad airport and quickly set up the worst aviation disaster wey this decade don see.
According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, both the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) don start to dey go through serious scrutiny. The CVR dey catch all the juicy pilot conversations, while the FDR dey record wetin dey happen with the plane’s systems. E be like say dem go use these tins to piece together the events wey lead to this tragic fall like jigsaw puzzle!
During the flight, wey last just about 40 seconds, the jet don been dey fly normal before e suddenly lose height and crash into one busy neigbourhood for Ahmedabad. Ah! The scene wey follow no be fun at all. Eyewitness say e be like movie, and reports say many bodies don charred beyond recognition.
The U.S National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) dey on ground as dem assist the indigenes with the analysis as dem go need all the help dem fit get. NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy don talk say she dey optimistic say the Indian government go soon drop the findings for public eye; we all wan know wetin really happen.
As dem dey analyze the data, aviation experts don start to raise eyebrow about di long delay wey take follow the recovery of these black boxes. Normally, dem suppose don start downloading data sharp sharp; but why dis one come dey take style? Na serious question wey dey scratch head for di industry!
Reports wey don emerge suggest say di aircraft wey involve don dey operate its emergency power generator just before e crash. And make I yarn, normally, crash na cause of multiple factors; so we dey expect di preliminary report whether na next month or as e go be.
In the meantime, we dey watch as dis whole probe dey unfold, and every padi wey wan fly waka go dat side just dey hold breath. Aviation safety don turn global concern, and na wetin we dey hope to see improvements on after all this wahala.
