Air India B787 crash Ahmedabad

[iflyineconomy]

Doesn't look like flaps extended, gear still down.

 

[exLXCXFF]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1933089665944367519

@jb747 might be able to comment on what we see here.

 

[Saab34]

Configuration is going to be interesting here.

 

[tomlee1986]

Configuration is going to be interesting here.

We will find out when the black box is found, hopefully not too much damage from the fireball - I know it is made of tough metal, but a fireball like this… anything can happen

 

[Justinf]

Goodness this is horrible.
Wife is currently on QF76 as I type and when I heard Dreamliner, my heart raced.
So sad.

 

[RSD]

It just looks like it should be climbing but isn't...

 

[Must...Fly!]

We will find out when the black box is found, hopefully not too much damage from the fireball - I know it is made of tough metal, but a fireball like this… anything can happen

The tail is basically intact from the photos going around on social media.

Configuration is going to be interesting here.

Loadsheet/LIR, too.

 

[Daver6]

I'm in the process of planning a work trip. I'll be visiting AMD and looking to fly AI domestically. Feels close to home.

 

[RSD]

From FR24 on Facebook -

 

[Saab34]

The FR24 data is poor in the area where it occurred, someone on another social page said you cannot take anything from it.

 

[jrfsp]

RIP to all on board / on ground

I wonder if some similarities with BA38 crash, pilot retracted flaps to increase glide distance.

 

[MooTime]

Terrible Terrible incident.

I wonder if any onboard announcement, what did the passengers know/ endure that last minute?

 

[RSD]

Terrible Terrible incident.

I wonder if any onboard announcement, what did the passengers know/ endure that last minute?

Other than maybe a "brace brace brace" there didn't look to be time for much else - it hasn't made it much past the airport boundary by the look of it.

 

[DejaBrew]

Terrible Terrible incident.

I wonder if any onboard announcement, what did the passengers know/ endure that last minute?

Terror? Panic? Resignation? I dread to think

 

[moa999]

From Nightly.

"The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals.”
“The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals."

Some vids on X of people being rushed into hospitals, and pics of the rear of the aircraft resting in a building.

So maybe some survivors

 

[moa999]

Reported rear of the aircraft. As Stuck in a medical students lodging.

અતુલ્ય હોસ્ટેલના ચારેય બિલ્ડીંગ પર પ્લેન પડ્યું: 50-60 ઈન્ટર્ન ડોક્ટર હતા, 6ના મૃતદેહો મળ્યા; લાશ ઢાંકવા સફેદ કપડાં ખૂટ્યા તો આસપાસની મહિલાઓએ સાડીઓ આપી - Gujarat News

એર ઈન્ડિયાનું વિમાન જ્યાં ક્રેશ થયું તે બિલ્ડીંગ ઈન્ટર્ન ડોક્ટરની હોસ્ટેલ હતી. આ હોસ્ટેલમાં 50થી 60 ઈન્ટર્ન ડોક્ટર હોવાનું જાણવા મળ્યું છે. આ તમામ ઈન્ટર્ન ડોક્ટરના મોત થયા હોવાનું પણ જાણવા મળ્યું છે. ભાસ્કર રિપોર્ટર સ્થળ પાસે પહોંચ્યા ત્યારે હોસ્ટલ પાસે હાજર એમ્બ્યુલન્સ પાસે રહેલા નર્સે જણાવ્યું...

www.divyabhaskar.co.in

And more photos from inside.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1933116359971643491

 

[DejaBrew]

So maybe some survivors

We can only hope

As Stuck in a medical students lodging.

Somewhat of a cruel irony if that’s accurate.

 

[Saab34]

Photos coming out of possible a deployed RAT. What sort of failures after rotation would cause this to be deployed?

 

[DejaBrew]

RAT

?? For the uninitiated?

 

[Must...Fly!]

Photos coming out of possible a deployed RAT. What sort of failures after rotation would cause this to be deployed?

Power or hydraulic failure.