Air India B787 crash Ahmedabad

[sevenfourtyseven]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1942726983760367633

Deliberate (or erroneous) actions potentially?

 

[RSD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1942726983760367633

Deliberate (or erroneous) actions potentially?

At this stage I'm inclined to wait for the official reports or anything from verifiable sources - I think that we have figured out as much as we can about what may have happened and possible causes, and now it is a case of sorting the chaff from the wheat in all the stuff flying around on the internet with anonymous sources etc.

 

[jb747]

Well, if you read the article, it says their sources cannot rule intentional action in or out. In other words, they have no idea, and are just making it up.

 

[RSD]

Well, if you read the article, it says their sources cannot rule intentional action in or out. In other words, they have no idea, and are just making it up.

Yep - and its pretty much yet another "my mate's brother knows someone who works with the sister of Raj who works at the hotel where the crash investigators are staying and he reckons..."

 

[DC3]

At this stage I'm inclined to wait for the official reports or anything from verifiable sources

 

[lovestotravel]

AVHerald reporting

On Jul 8th 2025 the AAIB indicated they have submitted their preliminary report to India's DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The report itself has not yet been published.

 

[RSD]

AVHerald reporting

On Jul 8th 2025 the AAIB indicated they have submitted their preliminary report to India's DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The report itself has not yet been published.

If true then that is a positive step.

 

[CaptJCool]

If true then that is a positive step.

Well at least we can rule out that they “Logged Off”
Reference to the movie Final Destination Bloodlines finale scene

 

[jenib]

Whatever findings are in the report, political pressures could be immense (for both India and the US), given the current trade negotiations and the change in approaches to international cooperation.

 

[RSD]

Whatever findings are in the report, political pressures could be immense (for both India and the US), given the current trade negotiations and the change in approaches to international cooperation.

Yes - another factor that could potentially complicate things... although the U.S. NTSB being there should help keep the investigation on track - they will be keen to know the exact cause after the 737 Max debacle.

 

[Rabs97]

Yep - and its pretty much yet another "my mate's brother knows someone who works with the sister of Raj who works at the hotel where the crash investigators are staying and he reckons..."

I’m not so sure, Jon Ostrower, editor of The Air Current, has a more established background in journalism and aviation than any of the online speculators. The article is being picked up on by a lot of credible news outlets.

Whilst obviously unconfirmed at this stage I’d put more credibility in this article than any of the YouTube “experts”

 

[Rabs97]

And supposedly it’s not just recorder data that is making investigators focus on the fuel control switches:

The investigation into the Air India crash is focusing on the movement of the engine fuel control switches following an analysis of the 787's flight and voice data recorders, along with a simulation by Boeing of the aircraft's final moments, one of the sources said.

Air India crash investigators to focus on fuel switches in early report

A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released this week, focused on the jet's fuel switches.

www.abc.net.au

 

[jb747]

If you realised you were having a dual failure, about the only thing you could conceivably do is try a quick relight. And you do that by moving the fuel control switches from run, to cutoff, and then back to run.

 

[RSD]

If you realised you were having a dual failure, about the only thing you could conceivably do is try a quick relight. And you do that by moving the fuel control switches from run, to cutoff, and then back to run.

That would explain why they are trying to understand what took place with the fuel control switches - but hopefully the investigators understand that this was likely done following the dual engine failure and wasn't the cause of the dual engine failure...