AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India flight that fell from the sky and killed 241 people on board and several people on the ground, authorities said.

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

The recovery of the flight data recorder from the crashed Air India Boeing 787 marks a crucial step in understanding the accident's cause, which resulted in 241 fatalities.