Airplane crash in India, what happened in those 28 seconds? The trolley lowered, the mystery of the flaps and the hot unknown
Investigators will have to answer several questions. Air India Boeing begins to have difficulty climbing a few seconds after take -off and in less than half a minute explodes
Twenty -eight seconds. Much passes between the moment when Air India’s Boeing 787 He detaches himself from the track Ahmedabad airport And the impact between the buildings, one and a half kilometer later. It is on these twenty -eight seconds that Indian investigators are concentrated with the logistical support of American and European ones. Not only because the aircraft before the impact presents itself in defined methods « anomalous » for that flight phase, but also because that jet model He never had a fatal accident. Until 12 June 2025.
The two black boxes
The decisive information will give you the two black boxes. Several hours after the impact one has been recovered, it is not clear whether the « Cockpit Voice Recorder » (which records the audio in the piloting cab) or the « Flight Data Recorder » (which stores thousands of flight parameters). However, analysts warn that a plane crash It is the result of a set of factorsdoes not have a single cause, thanks above all to the presence of different elements of redundancy on board and added over the decades.
The analysis scenarios
A European source in contact with Indian investigators explains to Courier That the dynamics of the disaster was divided into five phases, each will be examined in detail in the coming weeks and months. The first phase, which in available videos shows no obvious anomalies, is that of the run -up. Boeing takes almost the whole track – contrary to what he learned shortly after the accident – lifting without critical issues. The take -off, however, lasts about four seconds: the jet detaches from the ground and takes altitude. But not too much.
The first travels
And in fact in the following seven seconds the aircraft almost slows down its ascent, while proceeding at high speed. It is at this moment – lasting five seconds – that the flight proceeds to a stable altitude, when in reality it should be further raised. The situation worsens though. Because in the following twelve seconds the aircraft loses altitude, going to crash over 300 kilometers of speed hours.
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The yellow of the « Mayday »
« From the images you can see that Boeing has lost power », confirm two commanders contacted by this newspaper and that they underline that the investigations could prove to be very complex. Usually the loss of power « can be due to a malfunction of the engine, but it is really difficult for both engines to lose power at the same time », they underline. One of the pilots – according to the Indian authorities – would have launched a « Mayday », but it is not known at the moment if the alarm was accompanied by a description of the problem on board.
Questions
And here are added two other anomalies that the commanders consulted are unable to explain. « Why was the cart of the wheels still down? » Asks the experts. « A dozen seconds after take -off that usually should already be retracted. » The other yellow concerns the « flaps » (the mobile surfaces in the back of the wings) which in at least one video « do not seem correctly extended, as should be in the first ten, twelve minutes after take -off to increase the lift ». In the same movie the jet descends with a muzzle facing upwards: this is also an « unusual » position.
The unknown of the heat
« Had the plane have been configured correctly at the time of take -off? » Asks the commanders. « Did something happen in the cabin? Was there an avaria? Did the pilots calculated the performances well? Was the atmospheric factor considered adequately? ». At lunchtime Ahmedabad at 37 ° C were reached. In summer the high temperatures make take -off more difficult – explain the commanders – «Because the engines produce less boost and the hot air, less dense, reduces the lift. If the plane has not been correctly configured, the heat may have influenced performance ».
Over 8 thousand decolli
The Boeing 787, used for long -haul flights, has been on duty for almost 14 years, has transported over one billion people and has made 5 million take -off. According to the specialized company Cirium until 12 June of this year there were 1,148 specimens in service. The one precipitated in India had accumulated over 41 thousand hours of flight and almost 8 thousand between take -offs and landings (700 in the last 12 months).
