Cockpit voice recorder of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus 320 jetliner was recovered from the crash site.

A spokesperson of the airline said the voice recorder was recovered from the rubble. “The voice recorder will help with the investigation,” he added.

The spokesperson further said the voice recorder has been handed to the investigative board, tasked with the probe into the air crash.

The investigation team had been assigned the task to inspect the affected buildings to recover the CVR and the services of PIA engineering and technical ground force and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Security and Vigilance were acquired as well.

The experts of Airbus company will continue investigation from crash area to runway and collect further evidences from the wreckage.