[News] Air India flight AI171 Ahmedabad -> London Gatwick crashed

[Bozza]

...shortly after take-off:

Ahmedabad: Passenger plane heading for London crashes after take-off in Ahmedabad, India

Air India confirms an "incident" on flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick - it's thought there were more than 200 people on board.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bozza]

Jeez.

 

[GT49er]

Nasty.

200 RIPs.

 

[papachris]

Just dreadful

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Nasty.

200 RIPs.

Given that it appears to have crashed in 'a residential area', the 200+ on board may well be just the start

 

[chickens]

I honestly try not to fly these days, but when I have to, I check the plane is an Airbus before I set foot on it.

My thoughts with all those affected by this, it’s horrific.

 

[Mellotron]

Awful.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Horrific news

 

[Chicken Run]

Given that it appears to have crashed in 'a residential area', the 200+ on board may well be just the start

Truly terrifying

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Allegedly it’s crashed into a residential area so unfortunately it might possibly be much worse than first thought (if that’s possible)
(Edit: as already mentioned)

 

[Guinness Boy]

Christ. Thoughts with anyone involved, obviously, but I’m reading / posting on this from an Asian airport and about to get on a flight, ultimate destination Gatwick, operated by a Chinese airline.

I think I’ll have another beer!

 

[Vicar!]

Send shivers down the spine. I used to work in emergency travel, which would be heavily impacted with a UK inbound.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Christ. Thoughts with anyone involved, obviously, but I’m reading / posting on this from an Asian airport and about to get on a flight, ultimate destination Gatwick, operated by a Chinese airline.

I think I’ll have another beer!

What airline?

 

[Flounce]

Christ. Thoughts with anyone involved, obviously, but I’m reading / posting on this from an Asian airport and about to get on a flight, ultimate destination Gatwick, operated by a Chinese airline.

I think I’ll have another beer!

I hate flying and I worked in travel from 1975 to 2020, we did not book a single passenger that was involved in a plane crash. The odds are very very long. Still no comfort to me when I fly though

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Quite low, little warning, relatively quick.

The only “comfort” I can take

 

[peterward]

Jeez.

That aircraft looks like it has stalled. (Not enough forward airspeed).

Looking at the flight radar playback too, the runway they took off of has its last taxiway entry point about halfway down the runway, then (similar to Luton) aircraft should turn left, backtrack the runway, and turn around in a turning circle, before taking off. If flight radar trace is accurate? It looks like this aircraft turned right straight onto runway from the taxiway entry, about half way down runway and didn't backtrack. It's hard to imagine a fully loaded 787 would have enough performance with half the runway and would make sense that they were struggling for airspeed and lift.

It may well be something else, or flightradar trace not accurate. Wheels down is also not normal for a departing aircraft.

This is runway, and this aircraft took off in direction of top to bottom of photo

 

[Guinness Boy]

What airline?

China Eastern

 

[jackalbion]

That aircraft looks like it has stalled. (Not enough forward airspeed).

Looking at the flight radar playback too, the runway they took off of has its last taxiway entry point about halfway down the runway, then (similar to Luton) aircraft should turn left, backtrack the runway, and turn around in a turning circle, before taking off. If flight radar trace is accurate? It looks like this aircraft turned right straight onto runway from the taxiway entry, about half way down runway and didn't backtrack. It's hard to imagine a fully loaded 787 would have enough performance with half the runway and would make sense that they were struggling for airspeed and lift.

It may well be something else, or flightradar trace not accurate. Wheels down is also not normal for a departing aircraft.

This is runway, and this aircraft took off in direction of top to bottom of photo
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I always take the Flight data on flight radar on the ground with a pinch of salt, but I did notice that, very strange. Looks like its overweight to me.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I hate flying and I worked in travel from 1975 to 2020, we did not book a single passenger that was involved in a plane crash. The odds are very very long. Still no comfort to me when I fly though

I fly fairly regularly for work (and try to offset the carbon in other ways) and my attitude is que sara sara. I’m completely out of control of the situation so I have to place trust in the crew and machinery

 

[Super Sub]

Shocking... Those poor people