Tragedy struck this week when a plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad just shortly after takeoff, leaving investigators and aviation officials with many questions.

A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India's civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB),

In aviation, a black box refers to two vital flight recording devices — the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).Despite the name, a black box is actually bright orange — designed for high visibility amid debris or deep underwater.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau recovered the black box from the Air India Flight AI-171 crash site in Ahmedabad. While reports mistakenly identified a video recorder as the flight data recorder,

Union Civil Aviation Minister addresses Air India Flight crash in Ahmedabad, emphasizing recovery of Black Box for investigation.

Viswashkumar Ramesh, 40, the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, is among the ranks of those spared by fate.