* Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on June 14.* Both the Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVRs) and Flight Data Recorders (FDRs) were recovered — one from a rooftop of the building at the crash site on June 13 and the other from the debris on June 16.* The black boxes were brought from Ahmedabad to Delhi by IAF aircraft with full security on June 24.* The front black box arrived AAIB Lab, Delhi with the DG, AAIB at 1400 hours on June 24.* The rear black box was brought by a second AAIB team and reached AAIB Lab, Delhi at 1715 hours on June 24.* Data extraction process for the black boxes began on June 24.* On June 25, the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely retrieved; the memory module was successfully accessed and its data downloaded.* Observer status has been accorded to the UN body International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) expert in the ongoing probe.* Air India is observing ‘Safety Pause’, the deliberate temporary scale-back of its international and domestic networks.* The airline has reduced 38 services per week on international routes besides suspension of services on 3 overseas routes operated with wide-body planes. It has cut services on 19 domestic routes and suspended 3 international services operated by its narrow-body fleet till at least mid-July.* “The ‘pause’ was an important and necessary move to accommodate voluntary additional aircraft checks, navigate the volatile international airspace environment and to stabilise our flight schedule to restore faith and trust,” Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson had said
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