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.

The black box was recovered 28 hours after the crash. Despite its name, the device is painted bright orange to aid in recovery from debris.

Both the black boxes from the wreckage of the ill-fated Air India flight 171 have been recovered as the probe into the accident continues.