Posted on 06/12/2025 2:08:46 AM PDT by Drago
An Air India passenger plane crashed near Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The aircraft — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — was en route from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers on board, the State Police Control Room confirmed to ANI.
The plane caught fire after crashing and fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze, said fire officer Jayesh Khadia. "A plane crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport. It is not yet clear what type of plane it was," said Ahmedabad police commissioner, GS Malik. The DGCA has dispatched a team from Delhi to Ahmedabad.
"Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today..."
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Sounds like it happened right after take off
Short video from crash scene
Looks like it hit a residential area
https://rumble.com/v6uo39p-passenger-plane-carrying-at-least-133-people-crashes-near-ahmedabad-india.html
Over loaded plane or faulty maintenance.
video of plane crashing with at least 242 people on board near Ahmedabad, India
https://rumble.com/v6uo3vh-first-footage-emerges-of-air-india-plane-crash-in-ahmedabad.html
Near capacity but not overloaded, depending on cargo.
Depending on the seating chart up to 250 people.
But by Indian train standards, barely full.
Gear still down and I cannot see any flaps extended?
Only made it up to 625 feet AGL.
That’s a strange one. Looks either overloaded or completely lost all power
That is just seconds after take off.
Not good. Center of gravity issue? It stalled nose up.
CC
An aft CG is an ugly predicament to be in.
Sad, no one survived that. Many in all probability died on the ground as well.
No flaps on takeoff? What could go wrong with that? Wow. I can’t believe seeing those wings with no flaps extended on takeoff.
Per the above, there was just time enough for a mayday call before the crash...
Has happened before....probably the most famous incident of “no flaps/slats” (they didn’t run the checklist):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_255
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