Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

Both the black boxes from the wreckage of the ill-fated Air India flight 171 have been recovered as the probe into the accident continues.

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

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

Air India plane crash investigators reportedly find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

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.

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.