NEW DELHI, June 24 (Reuters) - The black box of the Air

India jet that crashed and killed 271 people is still in India

and is being examined by the aircraft accident investigation

body, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday, citing civil aviation

minister Ram Mohan Naidu.

Naidu's comments came following a media report that the

flight data recorder will be sent to the United States for

analysis.

"Black box of the crashed AI 171 flight is still in India

and it is being examined by the Aircraft Accident Investigation

Bureau (AAIB)," Naidu said, according to an ANI post on social

media platform X.

The Indian government said on Thursday a decision on where

the decoding of the recorders would take place would be made

after the AAIB has made a "due assessment" of all technical,

safety and security considerations.