US official hopes India will be forthcoming soon about Air India findings

The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday she hopes the Indian government will be able to share details from the investigation into the Air India crash this month that killed 260 people in short order.

India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday that investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from the crash with assistance from the NTSB. "For aviation safety and for public safety and public awareness we hope that they will make their findings public swiftly," U.S. Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy told Reuters.