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Air India pilot sent mayday call seconds before crash, saying: "Mayday ... no thrust, losing power, unable to lift."
The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Boeing 787-8. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals. This is the first crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
India media reporting that ONE lucky survivor who was in seat 11A walked himself out of the plane.
Video clip: https://x.com/ndtv/status/1933159269991317801
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CNBC India video of the carnage & chaos near Ahmedabad Airport
Related? Who knows.
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Here's a timeline coincidence:
June 12, 1975: Air France Flight 193, a Boeing 747-128 (N28888), is destroyed by fire after an aborted takeoff from Bombay, India (now Mumbai) Santa Cruz Airport.
The aircraft's tire on its right-hand main undercarriage had failed while the flight deck crew was executing a 180 degree turn at the beginning of Santa Cruz Airport's runway 27. When the flight deck crew began its takeoff run, another tire failed. At that point the plane's wheels and braking assembly came into contact with the runway, starting a fire. The crew aborted takeoff. The ensuing delay in shutting down the engines, as well as the improper deployment of the airport's fire service, caused the fire to spread, leading to the plane's total destruction. Miraculously, there were no fatalities among the 394 occupants (18 crew and 376 passengers).
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Air India pilot sent mayday call seconds before crash, saying: "Mayday ... no thrust, losing power, unable to lift."
The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Boeing 787-8. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals. This is the first crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
India media reporting that ONE lucky survivor who was in seat 11A walked himself out of the plane.
Video clip: https://x.com/ndtv/status/1933159269991317801
CNBC India video of the carnage & chaos near Ahmedabad Airport
Related? Who knows.
Here's a timeline coincidence:
June 12, 1975: Air France Flight 193, a Boeing 747-128 (N28888), is destroyed by fire after an aborted takeoff from Bombay, India (now Mumbai) Santa Cruz Airport.
The aircraft's tire on its right-hand main undercarriage had failed while the flight deck crew was executing a 180 degree turn at the beginning of Santa Cruz Airport's runway 27. When the flight deck crew began its takeoff run, another tire failed. At that point the plane's wheels and braking assembly came into contact with the runway, starting a fire. The crew aborted takeoff. The ensuing delay in shutting down the engines, as well as the improper deployment of the airport's fire service, caused the fire to spread, leading to the plane's total destruction. Miraculously, there were no fatalities among the 394 occupants (18 crew and 376 passengers).
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