Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.

Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu confirmed that the plane's black box was recovered around 5 pm on Friday. He said that decoding the black box would give an in-depth understanding of what transpired during and moments before the crash.