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New Delhi: The government announced Thursday that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has successfully extracted data from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) of the Air India Boeing 787 aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12.Both the CVR and FDR were recovered-one from a rooftop of a building at the crash site on June 13, and the other from the debris on June 16. Standard Operating Procedures were issued for their secure handling, storage, and transportation. The civil aviation ministry said the memory module of the front black box was accessed and downloaded on Wednesday. “These efforts aim to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the accident and identify contributing factors to enhance aviation safety and prevent future occurrences,” it stated.The ministry also said that a day after the accident, it constituted a multidisciplinary team under the Director General, AAIB, in line with global norms. This team includes an aviation medicine specialist, an ATC officer, and representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). However, it didn’t mention who will be the investigator-in-charge or the members of the full panel.The CVR and FDR-essential to understanding what happened in the final moments of the flight-were recovered from the crash site on June 13 and June 16, respectively. The front unit was found on a building rooftop, while the rear was located in the debris. Both were moved under heavy security to Delhi on June 24 by Indian Air Force aircraft.ET, in its Thursday edition, reported that the government was yet to appoint a lead investigator to probe the accident. When asked about the formal order, the Secretary of Civil Aviation refused to comment.Safety experts questioned the absence of pilots and engineers from the panel. “The announcement of the investigation committee has to be through an official order by the Director General of AAIB. It is done so because the in-charge then will have a budget, will be granted the power to summon, and has unhindered access to the crash site and wreckage, including the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. Otherwise, no one has any obligation to comply,” said Amit Singh, founder of Safety Matters Foundation, which works on aviation safety.