Ahmedabad, June 13: The Black box of the wrecked flight at Ahmedabad was recovered from the rubbles on Friday.
The crashed Ahmedabad-London Air India flight's black box was recovered, Ministry of Civil Aviation sources said in the afternoon.
The device was recovered by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) team at the rooftop of the resident doctors' hostel building that the flight hit minutes after the Pilot lost its control.
The orange-coloured device located near the tail of a plane will help investigate the reason behind thee crash that has claimed at least 265 lives so far.
Further investigation into the crash began following the black box recovery.
Worth mentioning, the black box is crucial in getting to the bottom of a plane crash. The device contains a Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), as two essential components. The FDR records all technical data related to the aircraft and the CDR records the cockpit conversation between two pilots until the last minute.
The crash-proof device is located near the tail of the plane because, usually, an aircraft crashes on the side of the nose. The black box's position on the plane helps investigators locate it faster after a crash. The device is insulated to withstand intense heat, surviving temperatures as high as 1,100C for at least one hour.
The Air India 171 flight crashed within a few minutes of take-off from the runway at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner pierced straight into a medical college hostel and turned to ashes & rubbles within minutes.
