The black box units from the wreckage of Air India Flight AI-171, which crashed 36 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad on ...

The government has clarified that no decision has been made yet on sending the black box from the Air India AI 171 crash ...

Authorities have begun investigating one of India’s worst aviation disasters after an Air India plane crashed a day earlier, killing all but one of the total 242 passengers and crew onboard ...

Investigators in India are studying the black boxes of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after recovering them from the aircraft wreckage to ascertain the cause of last week’s plane crash that left at least 270 ...

Popularly known as "black boxes," event data recorders (EDRs) have helped investigators solve the mysteries of airplane crashes for decades. Now they've become standard in almost every new car sold.

Airplane black boxes play a key role in helping the aviation industry figure out why plane crashes occur. Black boxes have helped the FAA improve aviation safety standards since the 1950s.

It marks an important step forward in the investigation into why the plane plunged to the ground moments after take-off.