PUTRAJAYA, Aug 29 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke said today that the manufacturer had successfully retrieved the data from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the aircraft that crashed near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam two weeks ago.
He said the laboratory in Florida managed to extract and retrieve the voice data, adding that the voice recordings are in good shape for analysis.
“I can assure you the data is intact and we have successfully downloaded all the data especially the last 30 minutes right up till it crashed. The data has been sent to our investigative team in Kuala Lumpur through a safety mail system. Meaning we already have all the data here.
“We will start analysing it and in two weeks time will present a preliminary report on our findings,” he told reporters his ministry here.
The Malaysian Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) had previously faced difficulties in retrieving data from the charred CVR, whose memory puck was still intact.
Last week, Loke said a report on the preliminary investigation into the crash, prepared by AAIB with the help of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), would be released within a month.
The AAIB team is currently in Florida unable to travel back to Malaysia due to the hurricane there. Loke said the moment the skies clear the team will head back to continue investigations into how the jet crashed.
The Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 aircraft flying from Langkawi to Subang crashed onto the Guthrie Highway at about 2.50pm on August 17, killing all eight people onboard, including Pahang state executive councillor Datuk Seri Johari Harun.
An e-hailing driver and a p-hailing rider on the highway were also killed.
