Secretary of US Division of Transportation Sean Duffy on Thursday (native time) expressed condolences for the lack of lives within the Air India crash.
Duffy mentioned that the division was working with the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) to help India within the investigation of the crash.
In a publish on X, he mentioned, “We’re deeply saddened by the crash in India. Our prayers are with the households who misplaced family members. As at all times, security is paramount. That is why we’re working with the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) to help India within the investigation of the crash. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigators are deploying to the crash web site. We’re ready to ship further assets to get the info we have to guarantee the security of the flying public. The FAA has already engaged Boeing and GE to evaluate any mandatory info as a part of the investigation. Because the NTSB leads the investigation, we won’t hesitate to implement any security suggestions which will come up. We are going to comply with the information and put security first.”
Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB), an impartial US authorities company tasked with investigating transportation accidents and incidents, mentioned that they’ll lead a staff of US investigators to probe the Air India crash in Gujarat.
The NTSB said that as per protocols, all info on the investigation can be offered by India.
In a publish on X, it mentioned, “The NTSB can be main a staff of US investigators travelling to India to help the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau with its investigation into the crash of an Air India Boeing 787 in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday. Per worldwide protocols below the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group’s Annex 13, all info on the investigation can be offered by the Authorities of India.”
US President Donald Trump, whereas speaking in regards to the Air India airplane crash, mentioned that it was a “horrific” crash.
Trump added that India is “an enormous nation, a robust nation, and so they’ll deal with it, I am positive, however I allow them to know that something we will do can be over there instantly.”
“It was a horrific crash. It seems to be like most are gone. Perhaps you could have a few survivors that we simply heard of. That was a horrible crash. Nobody has any thought what it could be. I gave them a few pointers. I mentioned, possibly you’ll have a look at this. We noticed the airplane it seemed prefer it was flying fairly effectively. It did not appear to be there was an explosion. It seemed like possibly the engines misplaced energy. That may be a horrible crash. One of many worst in aviation historical past,” he mentioned.