Second black box recovered from India crash site: Official
15 June 2025 20:40
Ahmedabad (AFP)Investigators in India on Sunday recovered the second black box from the London-bound Air India plane that crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, 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 deadly crash.
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