The second black box, in the aircraft's front portion, is yet to be found, a source told HT. A black box is a small machine that records information about an aircraft during its flight.

(Adnan Abidi/Reuters) Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India ... expected to be found in the search of the crash site ...

"The pilot's last word was 'Mayday'. The black box has been found and a probe is underway," the official said. Addressing reporters, the civil aviation ministry secretary said the Air India flight ...