One of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed on Thursday killing 265 people, including all people onboard except a miraculous survivor, has been recovered by the authorities on Friday. According to sources the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) team recovered one black box from the site outside the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport near the crowded Meghaninagar area in Ahmedabad, where the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft went down. The airline is yet to confirm the recovery of the black box. The aircraft carrying 242 people onboard, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members nosedived minutes after takeoff, crashing into the complex of the BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar, killing 265 people. One passenger survived the tragedy, while 241 on board, including 168 Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian, were killed.The aircraft could be seen from afar, losing altitude rapidly and crashing in a ball of fire that sent plumes of thick black smoke spiralling up in the air.Four MBBS students and a doctor’s wife were among those killed at the complex of BJ Medical College outside the airport perimeter.
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