Air India plane crash

[ASpilot2be]

Sounds like it was taking off for London. Doesn't look great.

Air India plane to UK crashes at Ahmedabad airport

A plume of thick black smoke was seen at the scene.

www.newsweek.com

 

[ASpilot2be]

The video is terrifying!

 

[seagull22]

Maybe no flaps?

looks like it was just slowly going down then the nose pointed up and stalled out

 

[derg]

Just got to the hotel in Japan and there were a few people asking me about it. I had no idea until they asked.

 

[Burrito]

Horrifying to watch as this footage just gets all over the news.

Not looking good.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Holy crap

 

[ChasenSFO]

Tail hanging out of a building...

 

[Malko]

Sounds like it was taking off for London. Doesn't look great.

Air India plane to UK crashes at Ahmedabad airport

A plume of thick black smoke was seen at the scene.

www.newsweek.com

Yup. An insta feed i follow jas this…it would not climb


View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKy9Ms1Rt7z/?igsh=MXM2M3p6aWtrcnQ4aQ==

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I hope this isn’t the typical third world reporting, but Air India is saying survivors being taken to local hospitals…

 

[BEEF SUPREME]

View: https://x.com/watcherguru/status/1933095904145199317?s=46&t=q4K0lrj1hu23CzlixWJG8g

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

“The aircraft was being flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a Line Training Captain with 8,200 hours of flying experience. First Officer Clive Kundar, who was assisting the captain, had 1,100 hours of flight experience. There were 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board, including the two pilots.”

 

[Itchy]

The gear down seems strange.

 

[Minuteman]

I saw a report it crashed into a dining facility at a medical college, which would be located ~8100 feet beyond the departure threshold on the extended centerline for VAAH / AMD Rwy 23. The apparent time-of-departure was 1355 IST (0825Z).

VAAH 120830Z 24003KT 6000 NSC 37/17 Q1000 NOSIG

Runway 23 is 11,500 ft and 189 ft MSL. Surprisingly for an airport this size, the accompanying parallel taxiway does not run all the way to the end; there are multiple turning pads along the length instead.

It looks like the aircraft, VT-ANB (36279 / 26) arrived in AMD 2.5 hours prior from VIDP / DEL ~2.5 hours prior. The planned duration of flight to LHR was 8h 50m.

 

[Wardogg]

Tell me the 78 doesnt have a T/O config warning?

 

[Ian_J]

Tell me the 78 doesnt have a T/O config warning?

It certainly does have a T/O config warning.

 

[adk]

It certainly does have a T/O config warning.

Does it have any sort of protection to prevent flap retraction at very low speeds / high AOAs?

 

[Ian_J]

Does it have any sort of protection to prevent flap retraction at very low speeds / high AOAs?

Uh… the 78 was my last girlfriend so I don’t really remember.

 

[MikeOH58]

Positive rate, flaps up?

 

[Inverted]

If it has the same takeoff config the 737 does, it doesn't check for proper flap position, just that flaps are selected. They could have selected an improper flap setting.

 

[DropTank]

Positive rate, flaps up?

yeah, looks like they put the flaps up instead of gear up.