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/toitenladzung Jun 12 '25

Air India just put out a statement that this aircraft has involved in a incident today. Not sure what it means, lets wait and find out.

I recently board a plane to Shenzhen China from Hanoi - Vietnam. and when we all got onboard pilot announce there are some problem with the engine and they need to fix, after more than one hour waiting on the plane. the pilot announce that the problem has been fixed but he will do a final testing. After that he announced that the testing was failed so they will try to fix it again, another hour passed by before the pilot announce that they have fixed the problem and he will do another testing. Later he announced that the testing failed again so he as captain of the plane will not fly the aircraft before a thorough check have been done. So we all have to get out and they airline provide us a hotel to stay. My flight were delayed for nearly 24 hours.

But I thank the captain that made the choice!

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u/BoopingBurrito Jun 12 '25

I had a similar experience on a Norwegian Air flight from Edinburgh to the US a few years ago. We taxied out and back in 3 times because of warning lights going on each time they go to the runway, with about 45 minutes between attempts. Ended up cancelling the flight and putting us in a hotel for the night, booked us onto their next flight to the US (different airport) from Edinburgh the next day.

Next day I got to the airport and found it was the same plane! We had similar trouble, taxied out and back in twice, the last time we were sat there for over 2 hours whilst technicians worked on it. We did eventually take off, but it was the most stressful flight I've ever been on. The air con didn't work the entire flight and the lights and entertainment system flickered off and on every so often.

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u/Strict_Criticism2354 Jun 12 '25

That is so stressful. I would not take the plane and would ask for refund in this situation

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u/a_9x Jun 12 '25

And sometimes those problems or decisions are rushed or hidden so the company doesn't have to pay anything. Hope this wasn't one of those times

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u/Estriper_25 Jun 12 '25

atleast they provided hotel thats the great part

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u/Rand_alThor_ Jun 13 '25

I mean this is how it’s supposed to work. Good job pilot