India will send the black box recovered from the recent fatally crashed Air India plane to the U.S. for analysis, business newspaper The Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing people aware of the development.

Air India has cancelled hundreds of flights after stepping up safety checks in the wake of last week’s plane crash that killed more than 270 people. The carrier said that around 15pc of long-haul services will be scrapped between now and mid-July as part of a broader inspection of its fleet of Boeing jets.

One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline's chairman has said. In an interview with an Indian news channel, N Chandrasekaran said that both engines of the aircraft had "clean" histories.