Reports said the investigators told a Parliamentary panel that the plane's black boxes were not damaged. The revelation about the devices was critical to reconstructing the events leading up to the crash.

Air India Flight AI-171 crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 260 people. Now, investigators are focusing on a critical component in the cockpit — the engine fuel control switches.

After the Air India crash, all eyes have been on India’s aviation sector, which has produced headlines about other incidents before and after the fatal crash on 12 June, such as SpiceJet, a low-budget Indian airline, being summoned by the regulator over not addressing the cause of turboprop propeller damage.