Investigators have begun analyzing data from the black boxes recovered from the Air India Boeing 787 jet that crashed earlier this month, killing 270 people.

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,

Indian authorities have granted observer status to a UN ICAO expert for the investigation into the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, which claimed 270 lives. The observer status, rarely given,