SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Fee (TAIC) mentioned on Tuesday (Mar 12) it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight information recorder of a LATAM Airways Boeing 787 after an incident that left greater than 50 individuals injured.
The New Zealand accident investigator mentioned Chilean authorities had confirmed that they had opened a probe into the flight, and it was aiding with their enquiries.
A spokesperson for TAIC mentioned as a result of the incident on the Sydney-Auckland flight on Monday occurred in worldwide airspace it fell to Chilean accident investigation authority Direccion Common de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) to open an inquiry.
“TAIC is within the strategy of gathering proof related to the inquiry, together with seizing the cockpit voice and flight information recorders,” the New Zealand company mentioned, referring to the so-called “black packing containers” that can present extra data on the flight’s trajectory and communications between pilots.
DGAC mentioned in a press release it was working with TAIC on the investigation.
LATAM didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon whether or not it had given the black packing containers to TAIC. The airline mentioned earlier on Tuesday it might help the related authorities in any investigation.
The airline and passengers aboard the flight mentioned on Monday the aircraft with 263 passengers and 9 crew members on board dropped abruptly mid-flight.
The reason for the obvious sudden change in trajectory of the flight is presently unexplained. Security specialists say most airplane accidents are attributable to a cocktail of things that should be completely investigated.
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority mentioned in a press release it might additionally help within the investigation if required.
There was renewed debate over the size of cockpit recordings within the aviation trade because it was revealed that voice recorder information on the Alaska Airways Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet that misplaced a panel mid-flight in January was overwritten.
