India Turns Down United Nations Assistance in the Air India Crash Investigation
On June 12, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people
The ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), the United Nations aviation agency, offered to send an investigator to help India with the investigation
India denied the United Nations investigator entry and the ICAO representative observer status
The investigation is being conducted independently by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)
The Delays in evaluating the vital black box (flight recorder) data were criticised
On June 13 and June 16, two flight recorders were found and recovered from the site
About two weeks after the crash, data extraction and analysis got underway
The Concerns about transparency are raised by the fact that there has only been one press conference, and no questions were asked
Experts wonder if India is following Annex 13's aviation safety regulations to the letter
In previous investigations, such as the 2020 Ukrainian and 2014 Malaysian crashes, ICAO has assisted only upon invitation