Ramesh Vishwaskumar Bucharvada, 40, was the sole survivor of Flight AI171, which went down just 30 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12

When a plane crashes, it’s natural to question just how safe flying really is. Here’s what the data shows – and why we often perceive the risk to be greater than it is.

A black box has been recovered from the site where the Air India flight had crashed in Ahmedabad a day earlier. Notably, after a plane crash, the black box becomes a major part of the investigation. It records the final moments of the flight,