The data from the recorders can be used to reconstruct the flight's final moments and determine the cause of the incident.

Analysis of flight recorder data from the deadly Air India crash two weeks ago was underway in India after investigators successfully retrieved the information from the two black boxes on board.

Signs of progress appeared on June 26. The AAIB confirmed that the aircraft’s two combined cockpit voice and digital flight data recorder units had been moved from near the accident site to a recently opened lab in New Delhi on June 24, more than a week after each was pulled from the wreckage. The agency did not explain the delay.