Blackbox retrieved; clue for last-minute cockpit discussion:
The black box could give crucial details on the sequence of events of precisely what transpired before the crash, and the flight went into flames.
A day after, the chief of defense staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others were killed after an IAF chopper crashed near the Kateri-Nanchappanchathram area Coonoor.
Officials launched a search for the flight recorder, popularly known as the black box, on Thursday morning.
According to reports, the search area was expanded from 300m to a kilometer from the crash site. The black box was located. It’s not clear exactly what caused the chopper to crash before arriving in Wellington.
The black box will reveal crucial information about the sequence of events that led to exactly what transpired before the plane crashed and burst into flames.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, visited the crash scene with the state Director General of Police C Sylendra Babu.
