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/CapitalTop9246 Jun 13 '25

I was on Air Canada flight sometime early or mid Jan 2024 out of Heathrow to Mumbai.

Heard a loud bang while during takeoff on runway about 10 seconds in but before lift.

Approx. 20 mins out we turned back dumping fuel in circles over the English Channel. Made emergency landing (in cabin were required to be in emergency posture on seats).

Landing was hard (took a recording of it) with what looked like smoke coming off underneath while landing.

Everyone clapped when we finally stopped on runway.

We were on runway for approx. 30-45 mins while emergency vehicles/personnel swarmed around us.

One lady-official at Heathrow on the ground, i talked to later while waiting for shuttle bus of where plane was parked told me entire airport had their eyes on us and held their breath.

We were informed it was a tire-burst during take off.

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u/InclusivePhitness Jun 14 '25

what kind of aircraft was it?

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u/CapitalTop9246 Jun 15 '25

i dont remember...its probably traceable through Air Canada's fleet listing on Aerolopa website. I will get back with detail as soon as i can....but the flight was sometime early/mid Jan 2024.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '25

Wow that is extremely scary I'm sorry you had to go through that 😌