Yeah, they used the entire runway. Took off right as the runway ended. What a horrible coincidence that would be. For power failure after it’s too late to abort the takeoff.
Another thing the NPR report said is that Air India has a culture of lower level people (like mechanics) hiding problems to avoid retribution from bosses and bosses hiding problems from their equivalent of the FAA. I think we will find numerous issues with this one that completely exonerates Boeing and probably the flight crew.
It’s interesting that I virtually never listen to news on NPR, but some idiot in traffic elicited a quick horn blast from me and I inadvertently hit the channel change button on my steering wheel. This story was what was being discussed and since it sounded interesting, I continued to listen rather than switch back to music. I learned a lot that I have not seen reported on the News Channels.
NPR is fantastic for global news. They dive into issues in far more greater detail than CNN or Fox.
Could be pilot error or bad maintenance because the flaps were retracted and the landing gear were extended.
In video it looks like the landing gear was pitching forward. That’s what it does before it retracts. A loss of hydraulics could be the reason it did not fully retract. Normally they sit leaning back.
Reports are also coming in that the pilot called mayday and said they had no thrust. That would deploy RAT.
Explain RAT.
Ram Air Turbine. They are small propellers that deploy and spin really fast providing power. Not thrust, just electrical power. If both engines lose power, RAT would deploy. We know it did because we can hear it in the video. They buzz like a small plane flying.
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Okay, thanks. I’m familiar with the APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) in the tail cone, but had not heard of the RAT until now. From what I read, it is only meant to be deployed when engine power is lost at altitude.
I’m not sure what we hear in the video is that turbine. The sound quality of the armature video is pretty bad. The main engines would be making an unaccustomed sound if they were still spun up but not producing thrust too.
The sound quality in the original video is excellent. Not the one that was first floating around. In the original, you can hear it. It’s pretty loud. You can also hear the explosion when the plane crashes.
I don’t know if the RAT and APU are used for the same thing. RAT is a small wind turbine that you can hear. Sounds like a prop plane flying by.
Upon further reading, the RAT and APU are not the same thing. The APU, which is located in the tail cone, is to provide power when the plane is on the ground (it’s a conventional gas turbine operated manually) whereas the RAT is deployed beneath the fuselage at altitude and is driven by the airflow created by the moving aircraft. It apparently deploys automatically if the plane is airborne and the engines quit
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Wrong
You need to do better than that.
Say please and I’ll list all the way you are wrong
Quit being a ass and maybe I will.
Not being an ass, you are wrong in about…5 different ways in that post.
If you weren’t being an ass you would have simply told us what you think is wrong.
Know…not think …know is wrong. I’m just asking you to be polite for once
This thread is not about you.
I’m not making it about me.
That all you bro.
I’ll give you a hint because I’m nice like that
The rat wont deploy because engine quits. it can and will deploy with two perfectly thrust providing engine though…as long as you aren’t on a 737
Say please
