Plane Down

[Farrelli]

Apparently there is one survivor. Hard to believe it would be possible.

[Dimron]

1 minute ago, Farrelli said:

Apparently there is one survivor. Hard to believe it would be possible.

Makes you believe in fate... if your numbers not up...

[Spider]

Looks like pilot error.

Which is astonishing in such a modern jet.

 

[fatolive]

2 hours ago, Farrelli said:

Apparently there is one survivor. Hard to believe it would be possible.

Not only survived  but there’s footage of him walking away from it. God knows how 

Edited June 12, 2025 by fatolive

[Zico]

3 hours ago, Farrelli said:

Apparently there is one survivor. Hard to believe it would be possible.

 

1 hour ago, fatolive said:

Not only survived  but there’s footage of him walking away from it. God knows how 

Already signed up for a netflix 10 parter

[gonzo]

Don't think this guy made it.

 

[Spider]

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Don't think this guy made it.

 

He’s Indian you massive racist

[DazBob]

Anyone else a bit suspicious about the survivor?

[Spider]

1 minute ago, DazBob said:

Anyone else a bit suspicious about the survivor?

I suspect he’ll be unbearable 

[Dr Faustus]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdAbuFbr/

[little whitt]

8 hours ago, Spider said:

He’s Indian you massive racist

He's 

BROWN 

BROWN BREAD 

[BobyBrno]

This seat could be popular on future flights.

 

[royal white]

16 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

This seat could be popular on future flights.

 

I fly home on Monday, just checked my boarding pass, 12A….. close enough to jump over 

[Big E]

A lot of fuel and a big explosion to be surviving that. I am with @DazBob

[Winchester White]

Only explanation I can think of is he was ejected upon impact with the building and thrown clear of the worst of the resulting inferno.

[kent_white]

It's improbable but not impossible

I think he just got EXTREMELY lucky

[Spider]

18 minutes ago, Big E said:

A lot of fuel and a big explosion to be surviving that. I am with @DazBob

It’s fckin weird for sure.

The images show every other body having been burned to a crisp, yet this bloke managed to take his seat belt off and barrel roll onto the ground with nothing more than a couple of scratches to his face. He was sat 10 metres from 4 tons of jet fuel.

And he can’t remember any of the details.

Fucking. Weird.

[Zico]

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

It’s fckin weird for sure.

The images show every other body having been burned to a crisp, yet this bloke managed to take his seat belt off and barrel roll onto the ground with nothing more than a couple of scratches to his face. He was sat 10 metres from 4 tons of jet fuel.

And he can’t remember any of the details.

Fucking. Weird.

I assumed when the plane has hit the ground the section he was sat on has pinged off in some direction away from the explosion and he's not landed on his head

[Spider]

25 minutes ago, Zico said:

I assumed when the plane has hit the ground the section he was sat on has pinged off in some direction away from the explosion and he's not landed on his head

Rational me says that’s exactly what happened.

Seeing the carnage, it’s just staggering that he didn’t lose a limb or get burned because everything within 500 yards must have felt intense heat. Unless he was buried under concrete or something.

Either way, he needs to buy a lottery ticket when he gets home.

[Dimron]

11 hours ago, DazBob said:

Anyone else a bit suspicious about the survivor?

Reminds me of that scene in Highlander where they can't kill him on the battlefield...

"There can be only one!"

[Winchester White]

Quite a lot of rumours, as you would expect these days. Some are claiming really poor maintenance and even a reluctance to delay flights for known issues that many airlines would ground a plane until resolved.

It will all come out for sure with the black boxes and testimonies from crew.

[dave2980]

2 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Quite a lot of rumours, as you would expect these days. Some are claiming really poor maintenance and even a reluctance to delay flights for known issues that many airlines would ground a plane until resolved.

It will all come out for sure with the black boxes and testimonies from crew.

Based on some of the stories I've heard about Air India I'm not surprised. 

I've had the pleasure of flying with them from Mumbai down to Goa. I don't think I'd want yo fly with them for longer than the 45 minutes that flight usually takes. 

[Dimron]

2 hours ago, Winchester White said:

Quite a lot of rumours, as you would expect these days. Some are claiming really poor maintenance and even a reluctance to delay flights for known issues that many airlines would ground a plane until resolved.

It will all come out for sure with the black boxes and testimonies from crew.

The more I watch various videos I start to think "weight"

The aircraft really doesn't want to fly, takes up every inch of the runway on its take off run and then wallows in the air... for aviation to happen, lift has to exceed weight. Probably only became airborne owing the the curvature of the Earth!

India is a crowded country and they are used to packing them in... look at the railways, they haven't started piling onto the roofs of Dreamliners yet. All seats full, lots of excess baggage (probably bribing the check in people) and full tanks ready to fly halfway around the world, added to a very hot day (aircraft are less efficient in these conditions) and maybe they overstepped the margins a bit too far this time.

If i was investigating I'd want to see the loadsheet and check the amount of baggage actually listed.

[Winchester White]

20 minutes ago, Dimron said:

The more I watch various videos I start to think "weight"

The aircraft really doesn't want to fly, takes up every inch of the runway on its take off run and then wallows in the air... for aviation to happen, lift has to exceed weight. Probably only became airborne owing the the curvature of the Earth!

India is a crowded country and they are used to packing them in... look at the railways, they haven't started piling onto the roofs of Dreamliners yet. All seats full, lots of excess baggage (probably bribing the check in people) and full tanks ready to fly halfway around the world, added to a very hot day (aircraft are less efficient in these conditions) and maybe they overstepped the margins a bit too far this time.

If i was investigating I'd want to see the loadsheet and check the amount of baggage actually listed.

Nothing can be ruled out I suppose, they did use a hell of a lot of runway for a 787.

As they calculate the thrust needed for take off on load (pax, baggage, cargo and fuel), altitude, wind, temperature etc so if it was unexpectedly heavy that could we an issue.

Thing is they should have realised something like weight was an issue very quickly, well before rotation. Plus if there was enough thrust to take off there should have been enough to continue to climb, albeit slowly.

Your comment reminds me of some of the PIA 747 videos of very heavy take offs using nearly all the runway at Manchester which isn't short!

[Tonge moor green jacket]

7 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Nothing can be ruled out I suppose, they did use a hell of a lot of runway for a 787.

As they calculate the thrust needed for take off on load (pax, baggage, cargo and fuel), altitude, wind, temperature etc so if it was unexpectedly heavy that could we an issue.

Thing is they should have realised something like weight was an issue very quickly, well before rotation. Plus if there was enough thrust to take off there should have been enough to continue to climb, albeit slowly.

Your comment reminds me of some of the PIA 747 videos of very heavy take offs using nearly all the runway at Manchester which isn't short!

My thoughts too.