Ahmedabad: A “severely damaged” black box retrieved from the wrecked Air India Flight AI171 may soon be flown abroad, most likely to the United States, for advanced forensic recovery, as per reports. Initial attempts to decode the flight data locally have did not yield enough information, given the charred condition of the device.

India will send the severely damaged black box from the ill-fated Air India Dreamliner to the United States for forensic data recovery. The move comes after Indian authorities confirmed they lacked the necessary equipment to retrieve data from fire-damaged recorders.

The black box was recovered 28 hours after the crash. Despite its name, the device is painted bright orange to aid in recovery from debris.