Indian authorities have successfully extracted the black box data from the Air India flight that tragically crashed earlier this month, India’s civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. This step was long-awaited and is expected to provide crucial insights into the cause of the disaster.

The new and advanced AAIB lab, built by support of government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and inaugurated in April, has enhanced the agency’s ability to repair damaged black boxes, retrieve data,

The data from the recorders can be used to reconstruct the flight's final moments and determine the cause of the incident.