Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, a key step in uncovering what caused last week's deadly accident.

Actress Raveena Tandon flew with Air India just days after the tragic crash of Flight AI171, which occurred on June 12 when a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating from Ahmedabad to London's Gatwick Airport crashed seconds after takeoff at around 1:38 p.

A British father who was due to be on board a doomed Air India plane that crashed last week decided to change flights at the last minute, it emerged. Businessman Owen Jackson, 31, was placed in the same miracle Seat 11A as the sole survivor of the tragedy, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40.

Air India employees said that the Chairman reiterated the complexity of aviation operations and stressed the need to wait for investigation outcomes before drawing conclusions

An Air India pilot's final decision may have prevented greater tragedy in a deadly crash that killed 270, leaving one survivor.

The cockpit voice recorder (CVR), commonly referred to as one of the two black boxes of the aircraft, has now been recovered from the debris, local media reported. The critical piece of equipment could include pilots' conversations from the cockpit, alarms and background sounds from the moments before the devastating crash.

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Air India has conveyed profound thanks to both central and state authorities for their swift and unwavering assistance following the tragic crash of Flight AI171, which resulted in the loss of nearly 275 lives.