- Manju V
- TNN Nov 24, 2023, 13:00 IST IST
After its plane crashed outdoors Baramati airport on October 19, flying coaching organisation, Red Bird Flight Training illegally eliminated the airplane’s `Secure Digital’ knowledge card, which data flight knowledge and parameters associated to engine efficiency. Red Bird handed over the tampered card to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) officers solely on the evening of October 20. Then two days later when a second plane crashed, Red Bird repeated the offence, with impunity. Only this time, they eliminated the SD card, tampered with it, and reinstalled it within the plane. Crucial knowledge on each the accidents was misplaced within the tampering.
The revelations have been made by the AAIB within the preliminary stories, into these two accidents, launched on Thursday.The SD card works as a “black box” in single-engine plane like Tecnam.