The flight data recorder commonly known as ‘blackbox’, of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft which crashed in Pune earlier this week, has been retrieved.

An Indian Air Force spokesman from the Lohegaon air base said today that the data is being analysed.

The spokesman said, the base, which is home to the squadrons of the Russian made aircraft, will continue with emergent and limited flying”on Sukhoi-30 till the information is fully analysed.

The aircraft which had taken off from the Lohegaon airbase on a routine mission and crashed at Wade Bholai village, about 20 km from Pune on Tuesday. Both the pilots ejected to safety.