KUALA LUMPUR: The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the aircraft that crashed near Shah Alam on Thursday (Aug 17) will be sent to its manufacturer in Florida in the United States for further analysis, says Anthony Loke.
The Transport Minister said this was after analysis of the ill-fated plane's CVR in Singapore had also failed to extract the data from its intact memory puck.
"The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) team will return from Singapore today (Aug 22) to brief me on the findings before we decide on the next arrangement.
"We have already contacted the CVR's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) from Florida and they are now waiting to receive it.
"The plan will be to send out the AAIB team along with the memory puck by today or tomorrow (Aug 23) as the OEM would have the best chance at getting the data out as quickly as possible," he said, at a press conference after his speech at the Malaysian Aviation Safety Seminar 2023 Tuesday (Aug 22).
When asked why the CVR's voice puck was sent overseas for analysis, Loke said that this was to provide the victim's families with answers as quickly as possible.
"This is not about national pride but about ensuring it is done as quickly as possible as the priority now is getting the data and answers as quickly as possible to the victims' families.
"It will also be a lesson to teach us what needs to be improved and what we need to procure in the case of any future similar incidents," he said.
On Aug 17, a Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 aircraft, flying from Langkawi to Subang, crashed onto the Guthrie Highway at about 2.50pm killing all eight people onboard as well as an e-hailing driver and a delivery rider who were on the highway at the time of the crash.
According to Loke, the aircraft's CVR had been recovered on Aug 18 where it was then sent to a Singapore lab on the same day after the AAIB were unable to extract data from the CVR's memory puck.
