One of the black boxes from doomed Air India Flight 171 which crashed and killed all but one of the 242 people on board has been recovered from the charred wreckage of the crash site, sources report. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, crashed just seconds after takeoff and landed in a residential area, erupting in a huge fireball. The cause of the crash currently remains unknown. Two police sources confirmed to Reuters on Friday that one of the plane’s two black boxes had been found in the rubble, although they did not confirm whether it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder which had been recovered. The Wall Street Journal claimed on Friday that the investigation into the crash was focusing on “whether the aircraft had a loss or reduction in engine thrust,” although Air India claimed that any investigation would take time and did not expect immediate results. Boeing have dispatched a team of experts to India to assist with the probe.
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