By Sakshi Dayal, Allison Lampert and David Shepardson NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from an Air India crash this month that killed 260 people, India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday,

Investigators have downloaded the flight recorder data from the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed on June 12, killing 260 people. This marks a crucial step toward understanding the cause of the disaster,

Investigators looking into the Air India crash have revealed data from the plane's black box has been successfully recovered. Officials with India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) confirmed analysis on the information found in the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders had begun on June 25.