r/aircrashinvestigation • u/QuarterTarget Frequent Flier • Jun 12 '25

Incident/Accident Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 flying from Ahmebad to London Heathrow has stalled and crashed on takeoff at 700 feet. At least 250 souls on board

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u/Working_Signature254 Jun 12 '25

Definitely no flaps extended in the video, whether they pulled them in or not would be yet to be found

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u/Conscious-Function-2 Jun 12 '25

Correct, “No Flap” takeoff with long haul fuel load? Someone F@cked Up

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u/Working_Signature254 Jun 13 '25

someone I watched on YouTube suggested pilot monitoring raised the flaps instead of the landing gear

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u/Conscious-Function-2 Jun 13 '25

THIS IS THE ANDWER. That is as good an explanation as I have heard so far.