Air India B787 crash
06-12-2025 | 01:55 AM
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Air India B787 crash
Ahmedabad to London, Dreamliner with 200+ people onboard 
Video looks horrific.
https://x.com/ShaktiDubey01/status/1933092159370265020
Can any 787 pilot comment on how the flaps look?
Video looks horrific.
https://x.com/ShaktiDubey01/status/1933092159370265020
Can any 787 pilot comment on how the flaps look?
06-12-2025 | 03:15 AM
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Ahmedabad to London, Dreamliner with 200+ people onboard
Video looks horrific.
https://x.com/ShaktiDubey01/status/1933092159370265020
Can any 787 pilot comment on how the flaps look?
Video looks horrific.
https://x.com/ShaktiDubey01/status/1933092159370265020
Can any 787 pilot comment on how the flaps look?
How very sad.
06-12-2025 | 03:20 AM
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If I didn't know better, It almost looks like they were on approach to a runway... Grainy video, so hard to see, but doesn't look like flaps were down at all? Sure sounds like at least one engine running, but again, can't really draw a conclusion from a cell phone video..
How very sad.
How very sad.
06-12-2025 | 04:15 AM
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If I didn't know better, It almost looks like they were on approach to a runway... Grainy video, so hard to see, but doesn't look like flaps were down at all? Sure sounds like at least one engine running, but again, can't really draw a conclusion from a cell phone video..
How very sad.
How very sad.
06-12-2025 | 04:25 AM
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If I didn't know better, It almost looks like they were on approach to a runway... Grainy video, so hard to see, but doesn't look like flaps were down at all? Sure sounds like at least one engine running, but again, can't really draw a conclusion from a cell phone video..
How very sad.
How very sad.
Very sad indeed.
Same, although the videos I've seen it's very hard to tell but to me that wing looks pretty clean.
Can you post that video here Meme?
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06-12-2025 | 04:34 AM
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There appears to be a discrepancy in reporting as the Guardian reports crash occurred 5 mins after take off, yet the crash cite is maybe a mile at most from the departure end.
06-12-2025 | 04:43 AM
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One other thing, I don’t see any rudder input, as one would expect ifthere was a single engine failure?
Surely the 78 has configuration warnings to prevent a flaps up takeoff? I generally don’t like to speculate, just trying to make sense of what we can see. Early flap retraction?
06-12-2025 | 04:54 AM
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I don't see flaps either but the videos I've seen are poor fidelity so it's hard to tell, but it seems that wing is pretty clean. The 787 has a similar config warning to most other Boeings. It only tells you that there are no flaps extended, it does not check that you have the correct flap setting for your T/O. Rumor is the CA is a Line Check Captain and the FO had about 1000 hours.
Very sad indeed.
Same, although the videos I've seen it's very hard to tell but to me that wing looks pretty clean.
Can you post that video here Meme?
Very sad indeed.
Same, although the videos I've seen it's very hard to tell but to me that wing looks pretty clean.
Can you post that video here Meme?
Hopefully it works. The audio right at the beginning sounds like the RAT with just whooshing from the air. And you can very faintly see the RAT sticking out of the bottom.
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