India to send crashed plane’s black box to US: local media report

India will send the black box recovered from the recent fatally crashed Air India plane to the US for analysis, local newspaper Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing people aware of the development.

“The recorder sustained heavy external damage from post-crash fire making it impossible to extract data in India,” the ET report said, citing people aware of the development.

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.