No Sign of Explosion Found in Air-India Debris, Prober Says
An investigator testified Wednesday that he found no evidence of fire or explosion in the restrooms, cockpit or passenger cabin of the Air-India jetliner that crashed into the Atlantic in June with the loss of 329 lives.
Hoshiar Singh Khola, India’s director of air safety, was the first witness in a judicial hearing into the June 23 crash.
Khola said that examination of the cockpit door, 12 toilet doors and parts of the passenger cabin recovered from the wreckage showed no evidence of fire or explosion.
However, he was not asked whether there were signs of an explosion in other parts of the aircraft, including the cargo hold.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.
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