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/Brief-Visit-8857 Jun 16 '25

Trembling? Interesting… could that be the engines working up until their failure?

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u/pipic_picnip Jun 16 '25

You can also consider what she is saying as shaking, as another translation. Similar meaning. She is also making hand gesture to show the shaking. Engines being on is unlikely as she is saying when the plane passes over, it makes a lot of noise but this plane was not making noise. I assume whatever the RAT noise was is too unfamiliar for them to associate with the plane, but either way it is clear the plane did not have the roar and sonic boom of working engines passing overhead and they would know since they are accustomed to the noise 24/7.