The flight recorder, popularly known as 'Black Box', of the ill-fated Indian Air Force(IAF) helicopter that crashed near Coonoor in Ooty leading to the loss of lives of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other armed personnel, was recovered on Thursday morning. The black box of the crashed Mi-17VH helicopter was found after its search area was expanded from 300 metres to one km from the accident spot by the Defence officials.

The flight recorder, popularly known as 'Black Box', of the ill-fated Indian Air Force(IAF) helicopter that crashed near Coonoor in Ooty leading to the loss of lives of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other armed personnel, was recovered on Thursday morning. The black box of the crashed Mi-17VH helicopter was found after its search area was expanded from 300 metres to one km from the accident spot by the Defence officials.