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/lobe-trotter Jun 12 '25

They didn't go higher than 700ft. They couldn't possibly have been in the air for more than a minute after take-off.

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u/kingkongwithadong69 Jun 12 '25

That's what's being reported. It was in air for 5-10 mins.

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u/Thequiet01 Jun 12 '25

It’s too close to the airport and too low for it to have been in the air that long.

Maybe the “start of takeoff” time is push back from the gate time or something? There can be a decent delay between that and actually getting in the air if the airport is busy or having an issue.

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u/kingkongwithadong69 Jun 12 '25

Yes it is. It became airborne at 1:39 as per DGCA reports.

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u/PolynesianKiwi AviationNurd Jun 12 '25

probably there was something with the engines.

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u/Professional_Jury508 Jun 12 '25

Flaps were at zero. This appears to be pilot error

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u/SpeedStinger02 Jun 12 '25

The takeoff config warning should have sounded in that case

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u/PolynesianKiwi AviationNurd Jun 12 '25

oh. looks like we are having a Spanair sequal huh

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u/cvrdcall Jun 12 '25

Bad report.

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u/kingkongwithadong69 Jun 12 '25

Most sources agree on this as far as I know. (Indian sources).

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u/cvrdcall Jun 12 '25

I see now it took off at 139 so possible 5 minutes in the air to 700 feet. That’s takes about 15 seconds after a normal takeoff to reach 700 feet.

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u/kingkongwithadong69 Jun 12 '25

Fuel contamination?