Dubai: The operation to salvage the wreckage of the Italian prototype plane that crashed off the coast of Dubai last weekend will be completed within days, an official said.
The salvage operation for the M-346 prototype, which crashed at the Deira Palm Island on Friday, is being handled by UAE authorities and the defence office of the Italian Embassy.
"We have successfully recovered most of the wreckage but the black box has not been recovered as of yet," said Lieutenant-Colonel Abdullah Mohammad Al Mazyoud, director of Ports Police Station.
The plane was manned by two crew members who managed to eject safely.
The pilot, who sustained minor injuries, was discharged from Rashid Hospital yesterday. He flew back to Italy the same day. The flight test engineer, who broke his leg on ejecting from the aircraft, will be released in two days.
The Italian Embassy commended the UAE's efforts to recover the wreckage.
"We are very grateful to the Emirati authorities for the help and support they have extended to us since day 1. Most of them even spent time with the flight crew [at] the hospital on Friday night," a high ranking official at the defence office of the Italian Embassy said.
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