The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released its initial findings into the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. As per the EAFR data both engines N2 values passed below minimum idle speed.
The plane had achieved a max speed of 180 knots at 08:08:42 UTC, following which engines 1 and 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from run to takeoff, reported Reuters.
The Ahmedabad-London Gatwick Air India AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner, which crashed within seven minutes of being cleared to fly and under a minute after actually taking off from Runway 23 of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), had departed at 1.38 pm against the scheduled departure time of 1.10 pm.
It would only attain an altitude of 625 feet before the flight communication was lost.
Data from flightradar24.com traces the flight’s path only till the end of the airport’s runway.
Flight history for Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft VT-ANB, which crashed, shows that the aircraft was 11 years old.
