Aircraft will have suffered a failure when trying to gain altitude at 251 meters. A civil aviation pilot points to CNN Portugal that both the airline and the plane model were considered quite safe. All 242 passengers and crew on board died
It costs an average of 248.3 million euros, has already transported thousands of millions of passengers worldwide and until Thursday had an Immaculate Accident record. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, the plane that fired in India minutes after raising flight, such as the “larger best-selling aircraft ever”.
It is also, within the industry, the fastest large plane ever, and has a structure that allows you to save fuel consumption up to 25%. According to Boeing data, there are more than 1,175 planes of this range today, with more than two thousand daily flights. In addition to India, this model is operated by Spanish, French, Japanese, Mexican and Canada airlines.
Tiago Faria Lopes, a civil aviation pilot, stresses that this model is widely known for its safety. “It is a very recent plane, was built in December 2013 and was delivered to Air India in January 2014.” “It’s very recent, there is no maintenance accidents or performance incidents in its time in Air India, so it’s an extremely safe plane.”
The 787-8 was the first model of the Dreamliner category to go into commercial service. This variant is also the smallest of the range – it is 57 meters long, can carry up to 248 passengers and operate at a distance of up to 13,529 kilometers. In total, take off with a 250 -ton load – which is a maximum slightly inferior take -off weight compared to the most advanced variants.
It was precisely minutes after the plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, India. Ladyly, the plane was led by Commander Sumeet Sabharwal, who has over 8,200 hours of flight and the Clive Kundar co -pilot with 1,100 hours of flight.
The aircraft will have suffered a failure when trying to gain altitude at 251 meters. When facing difficulties to keep up, the pilots issued a relief request (Mayday) moments after the aircraft dropped. According to statements, cited by the Times of India newspaper, from Indian aviation expert Sanjay Lazar, the cause of the accident may be related to a number of factors, such as a bird collision or an incorrect configuration for offspring.
Tiago Faria Lopes points out that offspring and landing are the most critical phases in which there is a greater possibility of an accident. “According to the images, the aircraft takes off and, over a minute, begins the catastrophe.” “I hope the pilots have detected some failure and that they have acted according to the workouts they did, which I believe, because Air India is a company that has some security history.”
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Still, in recent years, Air India has been at the center of a series of deadly accidents involving civilians’ transportation. By 2020, at least 18 people died when an airplane operated by Air India Express, a subsidiary of the Mother Company, drew in the state of Kerala, southern India, after skidding off the track. Prior to that, in 2018, a Boeing 737 aircraft was damaged after colliding with a wall of the airport during take -off. And eight years earlier, another flight proved deadly after the plane exceeded the track of Mangalore airport and crashed by a slope, leading the device to fire. 158 people died.
Until the moment the Black Box of the flight is recovered, it will not be known, in fact, which caused this accident. One more, at a time when Boeing has been in the epicenter of several accidents in recent years :.
For over a year, Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, spent information to the New York Times newspaper that resulted. According to it, in an interview in April 2024, Boeing took shortcuts in the manufacture of its jets 777 and 787 Dreamliner and that the risks can become catastrophic as the planes are old.
It was not the only one. In 2019, John Barnett, another former Boeing worker, gave U where he reported that, under pressure from the bosses, workers were deliberately installing pieces below the standard on aircraft. He also said that he had discovered serious problems in oxygen systems, which could mean that one in four breathing masks would not work in an emergency. The company denied the accusations.
