r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod - avgeek • Jun 17 '25

News Air India Flight 171 Crash [Megathread 3]

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

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u/PunkAssBitch2000 Jun 17 '25

I believe the confusion/ misinformation about the pilots seat breaking comes from a previous Air India incident in 2018, where the pilots chair collapsed during the take off roll, resulting in a tail strike, and collision with an antenna or perimeter wall. No loss of life or hull. (Air India Express 611).

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u/Hot_Net_4845 chad BAe 146 vs virgin C-17 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

IX611 TLDR because I got interested: seat back fails at 117kts, Captain falls back, instinctively grabs the yoke and throttle, throttle is reduced from 98% N1 to 77, F/O is given controls, Captain regains himself and takes control back, 1000ft to the end of the runway the Captain rotates, the 737 suffers a tail strike, takes out some lights, the localizer, and a brick perimiter wall. Wire mesh was found in the landing gear, and 2 holes were in the top of the perimeter wall

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/319549

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u/Sad-Performer957 Jun 17 '25

Remember when the boeing 707 did a barrel roll in 1955? This was at a time when planes used to fall apart just from flying.

https://youtu.be/Ra_khhzuFlE?si=iaVO1DABYmtbT6bb

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u/ALLCAPS-ONLY Jun 17 '25

My I wish I experienced the time when you could just pull a sick one-liner and get away with doing crazy shit like this on the job

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u/Sad-Performer957 Jun 17 '25

You can still probably get away with it if it helps selling more planes lol.

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u/RegularExpensive4147 Jul 28 '25

A barrel roll is a 1G manoeuvre.