New Delhi, July 21 -- Answering a question on the probe into the AI-171 crash, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on Monday said that the decoding of the Black Box has happened in India for the first time.

Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Naidu said, "First set of the probe is done and a preliminary report is out. Earlier, whenever Black Box had slight damage, the black box used to be sent to the manufacturer for decoding. For the first time, the decoding of the Black Box has happened in India."

Lauding the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Naidu said that the agency is "unbiased".

"I want to say to the country that AAIB has a thorough rule-based process and they are totally unbiased," the Uni...