BANGKOK: The second black box from the Air India Boeing 787-8 plane has been found at the plane crash site, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti quoting the NDTV broadcaster on Saturday.
The information stored on the device will reportedly help investigators determine the cause of the crash, which claimed 274 lives.
The first black box was recovered at the crash site on Friday.
On Thursday, an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger plane bound for London crashed minutes after taking off from the airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. India’s aviation authorities confirmed that 242 people were on board the plane, including two pilots and 10 flight attendants. Local media said that the plane crashed onto the roof of a dormitory for medical students.
Air India later confirmed that 241 out of the 242 people on board had died in the tragic incident. According to Indian media reports, the crash also claimed the lives of 33 people, including 10 medical students who were in or near the dormitory when the plane crashed.
