Air India's Boeing-787 plane crashed just minutes after takeoff in Ahmedabad, gujarat on thursday (June 12, 2025). The central government has constituted a panel to investigate this, which will submit its report within 3 months. At the same time, former US Navy pilot and well-known navigation expert Captain Steve Scheibner, while analyzing the video of the plane crash, has talked about RAT (ram air turbine) activation in it. He has given 3 possible reasons for the plane crash. First electrical failure, second both engines failed or third hydraulic failure. Steve has also resorted to the statement of Vishwas, the only survivor of this accident.
First possibility is the simultaneous failure of both engines
Captain Steve has told the first possibility to be the simultaneous failure of both engines, which means that this accident may have happened due to lift loss i.e. not getting enough air from the wings of the plane. According to Steve, the plane did not have enough power to keep it lifted upwards. If this happened, then the plane must have collided with a large flock of birds, due to which both engines would have been damaged.
The pilots must have forgotten to put the flaps!
The second reason could be that some special technical settings are required before the plane takes off, the main one among which is to lower the flaps. Flaps are those parts of the plane's wings that increase lift during take off. According to Captain Steve, if the pilots forgot to put the flaps, then the plane would not be able to stay in the air. He further said that the chances of this happening are also less because in a modern plane like 787, if the flaps are not set, then loud alarms start ringing in the cockpit and warnings also appear on the screen.
Pulling the wrong lever is also a reason
The third possibility could be that the pilot may have pulled the wrong lever by mistake. According to Steve, as soon as the plane takes off, the co-pilot says that the plane has taken off in the air. After this, the pilot says gear up. It is possible that the co-pilot may have pulled the handle with flaps instead of the gear by mistake. This means that the parts of the plane that help to keep it in the air may be removed. In the end, experts seem to reach the conclusion that this accident must have happened due to failure of both the engines. However, investigation of this matter is still going on in India.
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