Black box of crashed Air India plane found

A black box was from an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 that crashed last week recovering in Mangalore, kills 158 people on board, an official said on Tuesday.

The cause of the worst air disaster to India, more than a decade, is still unknown, authorities said.

Yes, the black box was found, said Peter Abraham, director of Mangalore airport, the news agency Reuters.

The Air India Express, a low-cost airline run by the state Air India is one and carry 166 people and crew members crashed Saturday morning landing on the table in the city of Mangalore airport for a ravine.

Eight people survived, mostly by jumping from the plane was in two after crashing Split.

Although the cause of the accident is not established, the media said, in India and some aviation experts, the Mangalore runway is not very big, long, and perhaps was little room for the pilots after landing to respond.

Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel said that was not the runway will be held responsible for the accident by the accident should be in Mangalore as an isolated event.