Investigators hope ‘black box’ data can shed light on whether jet crashed because of mechanical failure, human error or other factors

Indian investigators have recovered the digital flight data recorder or the black box of the Air India flight that crashed a day earlier.

India's government has set up a high-level committee which intends to disclose findings within three months on the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad. While the 12 June crash is being probed by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau,

The aviation ministry on Saturday said that the flight data recorder of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday has been found, adding that the flight had climbed 650 feet in the air before it started descending.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

Skift’s coverage of the Air India crash is offered free to all readers. Air India CEO Campbell Wilson boarded AI143 on Thursday for the 1 PM flight from

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

Former pilot Ehsan Khalid said the Flight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder, and the ACARS data will provide the exact cause of the crash.