Both black boxes of Air India plane recovered – Reports

Both the black boxes of Air India flight 171, including the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), have been found, P.K. Mishra, principal secretary to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in an official statement late on Sunday.

According to the Hindustan Times early on Monday, the second black box found was the CVR, and the previous one was the FDR.

Workers removing aeroplane’s tail from the wreckage after the June 12 Air India flight 171 crash, is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 14, 2025. Investigators recovered a black box recorder on June 13 from the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed into a residential area of India’s Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground.

India’s federal civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has said that the first black box was found on June 13 and the crash investigation report will be released within three months.

According to The Hindu, downloading and analysing the black boxes may take four to five days, and several international investigating agencies have reached Ahmedabad to assist India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) with the inquiry into the crash that killed 274.