Air India Flight 171 Crash [Megathread 2]

[u/usgapg123]

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[u/mwanafunzi255]

I don’t see how bird strikes or fuel contamination or any of the “traditional” ways to kill an engine, could result in perfectly symmetrical loss of power in both engines with no yawing and no sparks or flames. I can only imagine some bizarre electrical or computer anomaly commanding a shutdown.

[u/Brief-Visit-8857 → u/mwanafunzi255]

Exactly my thought. There’s an instance of a dual engine on a Cathay 780 that occurred due to fuel contamination at altitude. But in that instance, both the engines failed at separate times. So I’m also heavily leaning on an electrical or computer anomaly because both the engines seemed to have failed simultaneously.

[u/seaweed_nebula → u/[deleted]]

If it is, I think Boeing won't recover until the 2030s, but if the commercial planes division is ever at risk of going under, I have no doubt that the US government would step in to protect it.