The Air India plane that crashed last week had one new engine installed in March this year, while the other was last serviced in 2023 and wasn’t due for maintenance until December, according to the airline’s chairperson N Chandrasekaran.

The black box of the crashed Air India AI-171 flight has sustained damage as the plane hit a residential area in Ahmedabad, moments after take-off, last week. Reports say the recorder is likely to be sent to the US for analysing data.