Air India Ahmedabad plane crash: Grieving families write to PM Modi, demand release of black box data

NEW DELHI: Ten months after the tragic Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, around 30 grieving families have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the release of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (black box) data.

Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 en route to London, crashed into a medical college hostel complex shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.