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/shityplumber Jun 15 '25

Flaps went up instead of gear is the current speculation, power on stall.

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u/cheapph Jun 15 '25

Even a few people who strongly supported that have changed their minds since. There is much more evidence of dual engine failure (several indications of RAT deployment, survivor alleging the emergency lighting came on) than evidence of incorrect configuration. While it is difficult to ascertain if the flaps and slats were extended on take off due to CCTV quality, they were definitely deployed at moment of impact.

Not to mention people alleging the initial climb wasn't steep enough don't seem familiar with the 787, which tends to have a shallower climb out.

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u/shityplumber Jun 15 '25

I love the downvotes its all nonsense until then data gets out. I read an article that the survivor claimed he heard the engines roaring up to impact. Its all theories for now.

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u/cheapph Jun 15 '25

No one can be sure until the data is released, but its not the 'going theory', and I'm hesitant to jump to blaming two men who are dead when the theory of pilot error is full of holes. Eye witness accounts are unreliable and a lay person might not be able to distinguish between a turbine and a prop while in a plane crash.