New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) said on Tuesday (12) that it had seized the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Boeing 787-9. Latam after an incident that injured around 50 people.
The airline and passengers on board the Sydney-Auckland flight said on Monday that the plane with 263 passengers and nine crew on board abruptly plunged into mid-air.
“My neighbor who was sitting two seats away from me, there was a space between us, as soon as I woke up I looked and he was on the ceiling and I thought I was dreaming,” Brian Adam Jokat, a Canadian citizen who was traveling on the plane, said on Tuesday- fair.
Photos taken by Jokat after the incident showed damage to the plane's roof, which he said other passengers had hit.
The crash investigator in New Zealand said Chilean authorities confirmed they had opened an investigation into the flight and were assisting with the investigation.
A TAIC spokesperson said that as the incident occurred in international airspace, it is up to the Chilean accident investigation authority, the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC), to open an investigation.
Latam is based in Chile and the flight was supposed to go to Santiago after a stop in Auckland.
“TAIC is in the process of collecting evidence relevant to the investigation, including the seizure of cockpit voice and flight data recorders,” said the New Zealand agency, referring to so-called “black boxes” that will provide more information. about the flight path and communications between pilots.
DGAC said in a statement that it was working with TAIC on the investigation.
Latam did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it had handed over the black boxes to TAIC.
The airline said on Tuesday it would assist the relevant authorities in any investigation into the “strong shaking” during the flight.
The cause of the apparent sudden change in flight path has not yet been explained.
Safety experts say most plane crashes are caused by a cocktail of factors that need to be thoroughly investigated.
The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement it would also assist with the investigation if necessary.
There has been renewed debate over the length of cockpit recordings in the aviation industry since it was revealed that data from the voice recorder of the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet, which lost a panel mid-flight in January, was replaced.
Source: CNN Brasil
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