One of the "black boxes" on Friday was recovered from the wreckage of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in India, one day after all but one of the 242 people onboard died.

Boeing executives, for the first time in a long while, were prepared to join in that hopefulness.

"She was bubbly, kind, always smiling – she had a way of putting people at ease and always took a genuine interest in their lives."