India, June 25 -- Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday said the black box of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad earlier this month was being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), and dismissed speculation that it would be sent abroad for an inquiry.

Naidu was speaking in Pune on the sidelines of the Helicopters & Small Aircraft Summit 2025, organised by FICCI jointly with the ministry of civil Aviation.

"There is no need to send the black box to the US or any other country. Our agencies have the technical capability to decode and analyse the data. The investigation is underway, and we will share a detailed report once it is complete," Naidu said, dismissing earlier reports that the dat...