Ahmedabad: A “severely damaged” black box retrieved from the wrecked Air India Flight AI171 may soon be flown abroad, most likely to the United States, for advanced forensic recovery, as per reports. Initial attempts to decode the flight data locally have did not yield enough information, given the charred condition of the device.

As officials are still examining the cause of last week’s deadly Air India Flight A171 crash in Ahmedabad, India, investigators suspect the Boeing aircraft’s emergency power system was possibly operational before the crash,

Air India said on Wednesday it will cut international operations on its widebody aircraft by 15% for the next few weeks, citing ongoing safety inspections and operational disruptions following last week's deadly crash of one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.