NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha and officials from Boeing to appear before it over safety concerns.The summons come two weeks after the deadly air crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed the lives of 241 of the 242 present on board.

‘Data extraction from black boxes underway’

The government announced on Thursday had said that data extraction from the black boxes of the Air India aircraft involved in the Ahmedabad crash is underway. The analysis of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) aims to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the tragic accident.The civil aviation ministry stated that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) promptly launched an investigation the day after the crash, forming a multidisciplinary team led by the AAIB Director General, GVG Yugandhar. The team includes specialists in aviation medicine, air traffic control (ATC), and representatives from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the latter as part of international protocol due to Boeing being the aircraft’s manufacturer.The front black box’s Crash Protection Module was recovered on 13 June and the rear module from the debris on 16 June. Both were transported securely to the AAIB laboratory in Delhi on 24 June under heavy security, with continuous police protection and CCTV surveillance at the storage site.The AAIB lab, inaugurated earlier this year, is currently analysing the data to identify contributing factors and enhance future aviation safety. The Ministry emphasised that all actions have complied fully with domestic laws and international obligations under the ICAO Chicago Convention and related regulations.Meanwhile, a high-level committee chaired by the Union home secretary is reviewing the causes of the crash and developing comprehensive safety guidelines to prevent such incidents in future.