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.

Second black box, the cockpit voice recorder, recovered. Over 270 killed. Investigation led by AAIB, NTSB, and senior officials.

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.

The CVR records radio transmissions, conversations, and sounds in the cockpit, including pilot voices and engine noises.

From crash survival studies to passenger quirks, here’s the story of how a ridiculed seat became a symbol of survival. In this episode of To The Point, watch India Today's Preeti Choudhry's ground report from the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad and all the latest updates about the crash.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau recovered the black box from the Air India Flight AI-171 crash site in Ahmedabad. While reports mistakenly identified a video recorder as the flight data recorder,

Viswashkumar Ramesh, 40, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, is among the ranks of those spared by fate.