Air India crash: 'Thrust not achieved...falling... Mayday', AI pilot's last words

AHMEDABAD: "Thrust not achieved... falling... Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!" Those were the past words from the cockpit of Air India Flight 171 moments earlier the Boeing Dreamliner slammed into BJ Medical College hostel successful Ahmedabad Thursday afternoon.Ahmedabad constabulary confirmed the pilot's chilling distress call. It reached aerial postulation power (ATC) seconds earlier each connection ceased. Top officials said the pitchy had astir exhausted the 3.5km runway astatine Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport - usually, 2.5 to 3km is needed for a wide-bodied jet."The longer runway rotation hints astatine a anticipation of the craft not having capable thrust for take-off," said a root adjacent to the investigation.

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No earlier warnings were flagged. "There were nary requests for runway changes, thrust adjustments oregon flap reconfigurations. Weather was stable, visibility was clear. Temperature was high, but wrong operational limits," said an airdrome source.CCTV footage from the airdrome confirmed the extended take-off roll. No ocular oregon radar anomalies were noted. No motor irregularities oregon transportation deviations were detected by ATC oregon crushed personnel. All connection and information protocols were followed, sources said.Authorities present await information from the formation information and cockpit dependable recorders to portion unneurotic what triggered the fatal nonaccomplishment of thrust that doomed the flight.