Investigators from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau have submitted the preliminary report on the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad to the civil aviation ministry, ANI news agency reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
The cause of the crash, which claimed 260 lives, remains undisclosed as the AAIB continues its probe.
The tragic incident occurred on June 12, when a London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel complex in Ahmedabad’s Meghaninagar area shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The disaster killed 241 people on board and several others on the ground. Remarkably, one passenger survived.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, “The Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely recovered, and on June 25, 2025, the memory module was successfully accessed and its data downloaded at the AAIB Lab.”
Sources told ANI that a duplicate black box—referred to as a “golden chassis”—was used to validate the data recovery process. One black box was located on the rooftop of a building near the crash site on June 13, while the second was recovered from the wreckage on June 16.
The ongoing investigation is being led by AAIB officials, with technical input from experts at the Indian Air Force, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which represents the country where the aircraft was manufactured.
The Director General of AAIB is overseeing the multi-agency inquiry, which also includes an aviation medicine specialist and an Air Traffic Control officer.
Sources confirmed that the NTSB team is stationed in Delhi and collaborating closely with Indian officials at the AAIB Lab. Representatives from Boeing and GE are also present in the capital to assist with technical analysis.