The officials have recovered the second black box, Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), from Air India plane crash site, said PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official statement.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India flight that fell from the sky and killed 241 people on board and several people on the ground, authorities said.

The black box from Air India's ill-fated Ahmedabad-London flight was recovered from the rooftop of the medical college hostel building it crashed into minutes after take-off on Thursday.