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Cockpit Voice Recorder of Crashed Gulf Air Plane Found
Rescue workers have found the cockpit voice recorder of the Gulf Air Airbus 320 plane that crashed into the Gulf waters off Bahrain Wednesday night, said a report reaching Thursday.
Ali Ahmadi, acting vice president for personnel administration for Gulf Air, was quoted as saying that the recorder, which records conversations in the cockpit, was found in the shallow Gulf waters where the ill-fated jumbo crashed, killing all 143 passengers and crew aboard.
The flight data recorder, or the black box, had been found earlier.
The two-engine Airbus A320, coming from Egyptian capital Cairo, had made two unsuccessful landings at the Bahrain International Airport, and it ditched into the shallow waters in the Gulf near the runway on its third landing attempt, with one engine on fire, a Bahraini official said.
Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa has ordered investigation into the cause of the plane crash.
The bodies of all the 143 victims of the crash have been recovered.
Officials of the Gulf Air have confirmed that the passengers include 63 Egyptians, 34 Bahrainis, 12 Saudis, two Britons, an Australian, nine Palestinians, six from the United Arab Emirates, three Chinese, one Korean, one Kuwaiti, one Sudanese and one Omani.
The crew comprised the Polish pilot, two Egyptians, an Indian, one Filipino, one Moroccan, an Omani and one from the United Arab Emirates.
Gulf Air belongs in equal parts to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the government of Abu Dhabi, the largest of seven sheikdoms making up the United Arab Emirates. The Bahrain-based Gulf Air operates a fleet of 28 planes and flies to 53 international destinations.
There are altogether 1,100 Airbus A320s in service around the world and the Airbus A320 can seat up to 150 passengers.
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