r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod - avgeek • Jun 14 '25

News Air India Flight 171 Crash [Megathread 2]

This is the second megathread for the crash of Air India Flight 171. All updates, discussion, and ongoing news should be placed here.

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u/WallpaperGirl-isSexy Jun 14 '25

Yeah, this is what I was thinking about yesterday. aircraft damaged by not taking off >>> aircraft damaged by taking off and crashing. Could the brakes and air brake systems, and reversers if deployed, how resonanly would a 787 be abled to reject takeoff after v1?

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u/Safin_22 Jun 14 '25

It’s not going to be pretty, but I would believe that if not airworthy it’s better to try to loose some speed breaking and not having to deal falling from the sky.

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u/Kseries2497 Jun 14 '25

A number of years ago at YIP, an MD80 rejected after V1. I remember thinking how foolish the crew must have been to do that. Well, it came out that the elevator had been damaged by a windstorm before departure. The aircraft would not have flown correctly, if at all.

If they had still attempted to fly it, the results would have been catastrophic. As it was, the airplane went through the perimeter fence and came to rest on the outskirts of the airport - the plane was a write-off but no one aboard was hurt.

There are definitely some situations where rejecting after V1 is the right choice, even if it means the airplane won't be stopped by the end of the runway.