14.06.2025 14:24
An aviation expert has made a shocking claim regarding the tragedy in which approximately 300 people lost their lives due to the crash of a passenger plane in India. The expert stated that the co-pilot mistakenly pulled the wing flaps instead of retracting the landing gear, and assessed that this error contributed to the accident.
In a tragedy that occurred when an Air India 787 Dreamliner passenger plane, which took off from Ahmedabad, India, headed to London, crashed just seconds after takeoff, nearly 300 people lost their lives. While the cause of the accident has not yet been officially clarified, an aviation expert suggested that a critical mistake allegedly made by the co-pilot led to the disaster.
"HE OPENED THE WING FLAPS INSTEAD OF RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR"
Captain Steve, a commercial pilot who analyzes aviation accidents on YouTube, stated that he believes the co-pilot mistakenly pulled the wing flaps instead of retracting the landing gear, and that this error caused the accident. Steve suggested that this mistake might have led the aircraft to lose lift and rapidly lose altitude.
Sharing his own theory about the tragedy that claimed nearly 300 lives, Steve said, "I think the incident happened like this. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. The pilot gave the command to retract the landing gear as per the takeoff procedure. However, I suspect that the co-pilot pulled the flap lever to raise the flaps. If that is the case, it explains why the aircraft became unable to fly."
Steve noted that the absence of the characteristic wing flex of Boeing 787s in the images of the aircraft just before the crash supports this possibility.
THE PILOT'S LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION: THERE IS A POWER LOSS
It has been revealed that the captain made a distress call just before the plane crashed. According to information reported by The Sun, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal stated over the radio just 11 seconds after takeoff that the aircraft was "losing power," saying: "Mayday [...] There is no thrust. There is a power loss. It cannot be lifted."