Preliminary analysis of the black boxes from the plane that crashed in Vilnius in November shows no signs of illegal interference, the Lithuanian Justice Ministry said on Friday.
“The safety investigation, led by the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Division of the Justice Ministry, reaffirms that the preliminary analysis of the Boeing 737-476 flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, as well as the collection of evidence at the crash site, have not revealed any signs of illegal interference,” the ministry said in a statement.
The data from both black boxes of the crashed plane were successfully scanned by the laboratory of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation.
According to the ministry, the retrieved data provided numerous technical parameters about the flight. The cockpit voice recorder captured the crew’s conversations as well as background sounds in the cockpit.
“By retrieving certain flight parameters from the flight data recorder, it was possible to reconstruct the initial image of the aircraft’s flight trajectory,” it said.
An international team of investigators from Spain, Germany, and the United States continues the safety investigation.
The Justice Ministry promised to release more details once doing so will no longer jeopardize the success of the investigation.
The Boeing plane crashed near Vilnius Airport in the early hours of November 25, killing one person and injuring three others. The plane belonged to Spanish airline Swiftair and was used by DHL for parcel deliveries. It was flying to Vilnius from Leipzig, Germany.
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