Investigation team identifies parts of flydubai plane wreckage

Investigation team identifies parts of flydubai plane wreckage

UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has announced that an investigation team begun the process of identifying aircraft wreckage recovered from the flydubai accident.

A statement released by the GCAA today (Thursday) said that some parts of the wreckage have been identified and that the investigation will continue tomorrow in the hangar focussing primarily on the aircraft flight control components.

Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said, "Speculation on the cause of the accident, which the Air Accident Investigation Sector (AAIS), together with colleagues from various state investigation authorities are working on under the leadership of the Russian Federation Interstate Aviation Committee, is unhelpful, and can be upsetting for the relatives of the victims."

Ismaeil Al Hosani, Assistant Director-General of AAIS, stated that the operation investigation team is continuing to examine the flight and weather data. "Analysis of the flight and voice data extracted from the recorders is ongoing to determine the aircraft technical performance, and crew control inputs and performance," he said.

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"The AAIS (Air Accident Investigation Sector, UAE) along with the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board, USA), and their technical advisers continue to support the investigation team from the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), which is now in the process of analysing the available data from the flight recorders," the UAE's aviation regulator said.
    
"The harmonised efforts deployed by experts from IAC, AAIS, NTSB, FAA (Federal Aviation Administration, USA), and Boeing will be very helpful during the course of the investigation," GCAA director general Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi said.

The cockpit voice recorder group convened on Tuesday afternoon to initiate the analysis of the recordings.

Meanwhile the aircraft wreckage was also moved to a secure area where another investigation group is currently carrying out an initial examination, it added.

Ismail Al Hosani, Assistant Director General of the Air Accident Investigation Sector, GCAA, said, "As of today all of the wreckage has been collected from the accident site and transported to a hangar for initial examination. The wreckage will be sorted and any parts that may require forensic examination will be identified."

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