Searchers recover recorders from crashed Agni Air Dornier 228

September 2 2010 by admin in Uncategorized |No Comments

Nepalese investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) from the Agni Air Dornier 228 turboprop that crashed…

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