The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) has located the Black Box of the West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ 200 PF freighter, which...
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) has located the Black Box of the West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ 200 PF freighter, which crashed in Sweden on last Friday, 8 January.
The heavily damaged Flight Data Recorder (FDR) which records the technical data of the flight, was located on Saturday. SHK investigators are working to determine whether the memory device is intact.
The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) which records audio in the cockpit were also found on Saturday. The unit was, however not intact, and the part that contains memory functions were missing. On Sunday, the missing parts of the CVR were retrieved.
On Saturday, the rescue services were able to pump up about 1.5 cubic meters of liquid, mainly containing jet fuel from the crater formed at the crash site.
SHK said it could take a few weeks to extract and analyze the information from the black boxes and hopes to publish a full report on the accident within twelve months.
A Mayday call was received shortly after midnight on 8 January 2016 from the cargo aircraft on route from Oslo to Tromsö in Norway with two crew on board.
The aircraft disappeared from radar screens approximately at the same time. The flight carried 4.5 tons of mail and parcels and impacted the side of a mountain northwest of Lake Akkajaure, about 10 km from Norway border.
The flight SWN 294 operated by the Bombardier CRJ 200 PF aircraft with registration SE-DUX was manufactured in 1993. The aircraft has been flown for 38,601 flight hours since then.
West Atlantic Sweden AB has operated the aircraft since 2007 and flown approximately 10 000 hours.
The 42 year old Captain, who had 2050 hours on the type and total hours 3173, the 34 year old First Officer, who had 900 hours on the type and total hours 3050 did not survive the crash.
The European mail and express freighter was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company operated four of the type before crash.
