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Understanding the device that helps ascertain cause of accident

One of two black boxes of the London-bound Air India flight that crashed minutes after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad has been recovered.

The device was recovered by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) team at the rooftop of the resident doctors' hostel building in which the ill-fated aircraft crashed, according to ground reports.

The data and recordings from the black boxes will help investigators understand what happened between the take-off and the crash of the ill-fated Boeing Dreamliner on Thursday.

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