Paper: GS – III, Subject: Environment and Ecology and Disaster Management, Topic: Disaster Management, Issue: Tragic Crash of Air India flight AI 171.
Context:
The tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171 shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025.
- The flight AI 171, enroute to London, crashed into a medical college complex, resulting in the deaths of 230 passengers and 12 crew members, as well as casualties on the ground.
- The Mayday call is issued by the person in command of a vehicle or vessel, usually a pilot or a ship’s captain when they are facing a severe emergency.
- This can include situations like engine failure, onboard fire, loss of control, or any scenario that threatens the safety of the aircraft or ship and everyone on board
Key Takeaways:
The Black Box of AI 171:
- A black box, technically known as an Electronic Flight Data Recorder, is an orange-coloured heavily protected recording device placed in a flight.
- It is used to investigate the details of the events immediately preceding an accident.
- Black Boxes are compulsory on any commercial flight or corporate jet where they are usually kept in the tail of an aircraft, where they are more likely to survive a crash.
- It usually takes at least 10-15 days to analyse the data recovered from the black boxes.
- Black boxes are also used in vehicles other than planes like railways, cars etc.
- Invention: Australian Scientist David Warren was the first to build a FDR/CVR prototype in 1958.
- Parts: The “black box” is made up of two separate pieces of equipment: the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).
- FDR records things like airspeed, altitude, vertical acceleration and fuel flow. CVR records the conversations in the cockpit.
Government Measures after the Crash of AI 171:
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