AHMEDABAD, India, June 15, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Investigators in India on
Sunday recovered the second black box from the London-bound Air India Boeing
787 that crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 279 people,
authorities announced.
The cockpit voice recorder has been found, PK Mishra, a senior aide to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in a statement. The flight data recorder was recovered on Friday, one day after the crash.
Only one passenger survived among the 242 travellers and crew on board the
Air India jet when it crashed Thursday into a residential area of Ahmedabad,
killing at least 38 people on the ground.
"The AAIB has launched a detailed investigation, and the US National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting a parallel probe under
international protocols since the aircraft is American-made," Mishra said in a
statement.
"Officials confirmed that the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice
Recorder (CVR) have been located and secured."
Multiple experts have said it is too soon to say why the jet crashed
shortly after takeoff.