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  Families of Ahmedabad Air India crash victims demand release of black box data, write to PM Modi

  India | April 05, 2026 9:43 IST

  The tragedy involved Air India flight which crashed into a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, 2025. The aircraft caught fire, claiming the lives of 241 passengers and crew, along with 19 people on the ground.

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  Ajit Pawar plane crash: Initial probe flags low visibility, technical glitch behind Baramati tragedy

  Maharashtra | February 05, 2026 13:54 IST

  The preliminary report on the aircraft accident involving Ajit Pawar at Baramati Airport points to a landing attempt made in low visibility and a suspected technical malfunction. Investigators have begun retrieving black box data, which will determine the final cause of the incident.

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  Ajit Pawar plane crash: Black-box of ill-fated aircraft recovered from accident site

  India | January 29, 2026 11:11 IST

  Ajit Pawar was killed on Wednesday morning after the chartered Learjet crashed near the Baramati airstrip Pawar and four other persons on board the aircraft were killed after it crashed barely 200 metres from the edge of a tabletop runway at Baramati.

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  Air India flight AI-171 crash: Black box data successfully retrieved, memory module accessed

  India | June 26, 2025 14:03 IST

  On the evening of June 24 , the team led by DG AAIB with technical members from AAIB and NTSB began the data extraction process. The Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely retrieved, and on June 25, the memory module was successfully accessed.

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  Black box of crashed Air India flight being examined in India, no plans to send it abroad: Govt

  India | June 24, 2025 23:52 IST

  Earlier, the government said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will decide on the location of decoding the black box of Air India's crashed Dreamliner.

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  Ahmedabad plane crash | Doomed AI-171's black box damaged, may be sent abroad for probe: Report

  India | June 19, 2025 15:24 IST

  The black box was recovered 28 hours after the crash. Despite its name, the device is painted bright orange to aid in recovery from debris.

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  Cockpit voice recorder recovered from Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash site

  India | June 16, 2025 23:53 IST

  Air India plane crash: The aircraft crashed into the campus of a medical college in Meghaninagar moments after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:39 pm on June 12, killing 241 out of 242 on board as well as 29 on the ground.

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  Air India plane crash: What will happen next after 'black box' found in Ahmedabad? Know full details

  India | June 13, 2025 22:38 IST

  Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad: If the black box investigation is carried out domestically in India, the analysis could be completed within two to four days.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, June 13, 2025

  India | June 13, 2025 23:51 IST

  The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has confirmed the recovery of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), commonly referred to as the black box, from the rooftop of a building at the site of the Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad.

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  What is a Black Box in an aeroplane? Here’s how it helps decode flight accidents

  Technology | June 13, 2025 17:13 IST

  According to reports, the black box from Air India's Ahmedabad-London flight AI 171 has been located. This crucial safety device plays a key role in investigating aviation accidents.

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  How does a black box work and what it tells about plane crashes | Explained

  World | February 01, 2025 18:45 IST

  There are two essential elements in a black box, which is actually not black. The elements are the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder. The recorders are key elements which help in investigating what went wrong.

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  Jeju Air crash | Black boxes failed to record final 4 minutes, pilots warned of bird hit: Officials

  World | January 12, 2025 13:05 IST

  The South Korean officials have announced that the black boxes of the Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air stopped recording about four minutes before the accident. The plane crashed in South Korea's Muan on December 29, killing 179 people of the total 181 on board.

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  Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash UPDATE: Second black box found near Aktau accident site

  World | December 27, 2024 13:19 IST

  Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball. Some of the videos posted on social media showed survivors dragging fellow passengers away from the wreckage.

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  Nepal plane crash: Black box of ill-fated Saurya Airlines flight that killed 18 people found

  World | July 25, 2024 23:31 IST

  Nepalese authorities recovered the black box from the aircraft that crashed the previous day and handed it over to the investigation team tasked with examining the tragic accident, which claimed the lives of 18 people, including a child.

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  Nepal plane crash: Black box found, rescue ops resume | 10 points

  World | January 16, 2023 12:15 IST

  Nepal plane crash: The plane had crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people onboard.

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  Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash

  World | March 27, 2022 9:48 IST

  Searchers had been looking for the flight data recorder after finding the cockpit voice recorder 4-days ago. The two recorders should help investigators determine what caused the plane to plummet from 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) and into a forested mountainside in southern China.

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  China plane crash: Second black box not found yet, says official media

  World | March 25, 2022 11:44 IST

  The Boeing 737-800 plane with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in a village in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou. No survivors have been found so far.  

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  China plane crash: Second black box, flight's data recorder, retrieved

  World | March 25, 2022 11:28 IST

  The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft, which departed from Kunming and was bound for Guangzhou on Monday, crashed into a mountainous area near Molang Village in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou, in the worst air disaster in over a decade in the country.

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  Black box of Indonesia's crashed plane retrieved

  World | January 13, 2021 8:46 IST

  The 26-year-old Boeing 737-500 had resumed commercial flights last month after almost nine months out of service because of flight cutbacks caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Indonesia intensifies search for crashed plane's black boxes

  World | January 12, 2021 15:44 IST

  Indonesian authorities on Tuesday intensified search operation in two areas where signals from the black boxes if the crashed Sriwijaya Air plane were detected, while dozens of bags of human remains were also recovered.