Terrible news from India today, what with the plane that crashed shortly after take off on its way to Gatwick with 53-Britons on board. Not just those in the Air, but the plane crashed into accommodation used by Doctors, so you'd imagine there are wounded / fatalities on the ground too
Amazingly it seems that one British man who was onboard the plane has somehow survived. Be interesting to hear how it happened in the first place (both the crash, and the man surviving), as from footage the plane just doesnt seem to get any lift.
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Some of the comments I've seen on-line are sickening, we truly have some nasty people living amongst us.
RIP. Seeing it's destination being London Gatwick sends an extra chill down the spine (of reality).
There is some speculation on the internet which has now reached the BBC. Why were the wheels down, the flaps retracted, and the nose pointing so high up? Not surprising the plane stalled and fell from the sky.
Terrible crash.
RIP the victims.
RIP to the fallen
RIP to the victims and families I’m not an aviation expert unlike a lot of people on twatter but the plane didn’t get any lift at all did it get to the right speed for take off considering the weight of the plane, im sure we will find out when the black box is found
I think suggestions that the flaps were initially in the wrong position are most likely inaccurate. The pilots will have followed a checklist before attempting take-off and should have confirmed the flaps position at this stage. Obviously the flight recorder will confirm this once recovered.
Seems incredibly unlikely the plane was overweight, it wasn't even full.
An absolute tragedy that, if the expert is correct, seems unfathomable with the amount of training pilots have to go through.
Regards of flaps being incorrect, surely there would be on board warning systems to let pilots know the flaps are in the wrong position?
The flaps at position 1 on the 787s aren't that noticeable, especially in a video that's 360p quality. The fact the media are jumping on this assumption is frustrating to say the least. What none of them seem to notice in the video of the take off is the big puff of smoke coming from the port side engine on take off. Lose one of those before you reach V2 (the speed deemed safe to climb) and you end up stalling very quickly.
It seems the tail section of the aircraft is in tact so they won't struggle to locate the black boxes, hopefully this will prove quickly that it wasn't pilot error and the media shouldn't be pointing fingers already.