Mangalore: The 'Black Box' of the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed in Mangalore on Saturday was found on Tuesday. The 'Black Box', is the plane's digital flight data recorder
and helps investigation of an accident. It provides key details of the conversation
between the Air Traffic Control and the pilot helping investigators ascertain
what went wrong. The 'Black Box' will be taken to Delhi for an analysis of acceleration
and engine thrust at the time of accident. The Air India Boeing 737-800, carrying
160 passengers and a crew of six, overshot a runway and crashed into flames on
landing at Mangalore airport. 158 persons were killed and there were only eight
survivors on the flight coming from Dubai . This is the first major plane crash
in India since 2000.
