New Delhi, 2025 (ANI): Retired Captain and aviation expert Alok Singh has shared his insights on the tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which resulted in the loss of 241 lives. Singh attributed the crash to possible causes such as loss of thrust on both engines, bird strike, pilot error, or technical fault.Alok Singh said, " "This is an unfortunate accident. It is one of the rarest of the rare incidents...It seems that the aircraft had stopped generating lift...The reason for this could be loss of thrust, which could have happened due to fuel starvation, or the engine could have stopped getting fuel. A bird strike is also a possibility. This can also be a pilot error. It can also be due to a technical fault."
00:00The most important thing is that the aircraft has stopped the lift and stopped the lift.
00:07The most likely is the loss of thrust, which could be caused by the fuel of star vision,
00:17or the bird strike, or the pilot error.
00:24When I announce the media, I declare an emergency.
00:28Now I am in an emergency, I need help.
00:31So, as my call initiates, many agencies are affected.
00:37In this case, when the pilot has our decision speed,
00:43the temperature, weight of the aircraft, and all the things,
00:50before that, if we have any warning,
00:55then the pilot's work is to reject the take-off.
00:58In this particular case, the aircraft has its decision speed,
01:03and then the take-off initiated.
01:05That means there is no warning until there.
01:08When the take-off initiated,
01:12after that, there is something that happens.
01:15Sir, on June 12th, a aircraft crash of Air India,
01:19what do you feel like?
01:21Do you feel like a technical glitch?
01:25What will you do for a long time?
01:27What will you do for a long time?
01:30What will you do for a long time?
01:31First of all, I want to say that a lot of pain is a lot of pain.
01:35One of the rarest of rare pain is a lot of pain.
01:40I want to say that a lot of pain is a lot of pain.
01:43I want to say that a lot of pain is a lot of pain.
01:45But from my experience,
01:47and from my experience,
01:48we can only think that this is a possibility.
01:53So the biggest thing is that,
01:55the aircraft has stopped producing lift.
01:57grâce to the police,
02:00and the most likely thing is that there could be loss of thrust,
02:09which could be caused by the fuel station,
02:12we could end the engine by fuel film.
02:15It could be done in a bird strike,
02:17and the pilot error also can be done in control of the pilot.
02:22And there could be technical failure,
02:26We think that the aircraft are very advanced systems in the aircraft.
02:31Although they are fail-proof, but there is also instrument and instrument.
02:37There is still something that has not been taken into account.
02:41There is still something that can happen from them.
02:44Sir, what do you think of how the track will be done?
02:49Because the black box has been found.
02:51First of all, what is the work of black box?
02:54Do you know after the investigation of it, what will crash happen after the investigation?
03:00Yes, first of all, the black box is installed in the extreme aft, which is the tail section of the aircraft.
03:12That is why it is installed, so that if the aircraft crash, it will be the least damaged location.
03:19It is strong that it can withstand an explosion.
03:26In the black box, there are two components.
03:29One is the cockpit voice recorder.
03:32Whatever we talk about in the cockpit, it is recorded.
03:36The other component is the DFTR, which is the Digital Flight Data Recorder.
03:43Basically, there are all the parameters of the aircraft and aircraft.
03:50If there are some parameters of the engine, fuel, systems, they will record all the parameters.
03:57If the aircraft is on the ground, it will record its speed as well.
04:03If it is flying, it will record its speed as well.
04:06How much of the aircraft's pitch-up or pitch-down was recorded.
04:10The bank angle will record all the parameters.
04:12These parameters are recorded.
04:14However, in this case, there are black boxes recovered.
04:19But we cannot say that this was a mistake.
04:26Because if the data is derived from before, it will be analysis.
04:31It will only provide us data.
04:34Then there are investigative agencies who study data and analyze it.
04:38And then they will come to some conclusions about what is actually happening.
04:44So many people think that the black box doesn't tell us anything.
04:47It will only provide us data.
04:50The data will analyze all the data.
04:53And then the results will come.
04:55Sir, one question is,
04:56the data will follow from this program and the question of both of the aircraft.
04:59However, the boat has beenemeidden for the aircraft's capacity.
05:01The other is called the aircraft that the aircraft대를 sanded for the aircraft to come to the aircraft.
05:04Malheureusement, the aircraft of the aircraft,
05:05was sent to that to be returned.
05:06Now that the aircraft are also sent to that.
05:07With the aircraft that will affect the aircraft's power as well,
05:08some of the aircraft that are left with the aircraft next to both aircraft's power.
05:09Sometimes the aircraft of the aircraft will run through as well.
05:10But the aircraft is very different.
05:11The aircraft that we have sent us to do,
05:12if some aircraft by the aircraft that have used to be returned to the aircraft's capacity as well,
05:13Do not help us?
05:15We need to beように the aircraft that are the aircraft,
05:16and how any aircraft is very safe.
05:17Yes, Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a reliable aircraft, and in this way, this is the first
05:26accident.
05:27In the past 11-12 years, this is not the accident, but in the situation, there was a report
05:34in which it was seen that, like the previous fleet, there were some minor issues, which
05:42there were some problems in Japan when there were some problems in the Dreamliner.
05:49So, with the previous fleet, there were some problems, which also raised Boeing in airlines,
05:56and after that, there were no more technical difficulties in this aircraft.
06:03Because the aviation minister has also given a statement about the surveillance, what
06:10do you say about this?
06:12The surveillance is basically done, which is a very good initiative by our minister and
06:20DGCA, that they want to make sure the passengers are safe, the aircraft is safe and the public
06:30is safe, and the public is safe.
06:31So, with this, the instructions issued that the parameters will be monitored by the same
06:37way, and the systems will be double checked, so that they don't move forward.
06:43I am pretty sure that the other manufacturers will be allowed later or sooner, so that they
06:55will not be able to move forward.
06:56What was the specialization of this aircraft that tells us so much?
07:01Sir, this is a wide body aircraft, and it is used on long haul route, like this was
07:08a particular flight, which was for Mdabad from London, and for Air India, it is called
07:14Workhorse for Air India, because it is a good performance on duty, it is a good performance, maintenance
07:18issues, it is a good performance, it is a good performance, maintenance issues, and so far
07:25it is a good performance, so it is a good performance, so it is a good aircraft.
07:31Sir, now there is a crash, now there is a death, now what do people need to take it from
07:40?
07:41Yes, sir, first of all, I will put my evasion aspect to my evasion, that when evasion
07:53happens, we always learn about evasion, that when someone is wrong, we always get to know
07:59that when someone is wrong, we always get to know that when someone is wrong, and we
08:02get to know that, and then we try to apply that, so that it doesn't happen again.
08:06So, this is always a learning experience, and I think the same system will be followed by
08:13DGCA, manufacturers, and government.
08:16Sir, one question, which is in the mind of the people's mind, is that the pilot, when
08:23all the things come from his hands, is made-day calls.
08:27Yes.
08:28What do you want to tell people about made-day calls?
08:33Sir, made-day call is an international distress call for innovation, and basically,
08:40there are many calls from them, and there are many calls from them.
08:45So, when I announce the mandate, I declare an emergency, that now I am in an emergency,
08:50I need help.
08:51So, what do you want to tell people about me?
08:52Yes.
08:53Yes.
08:54Yes.
08:55Yes.
08:56Yes.
08:57Yes.
08:58Yes.
08:59Yes.
09:00Yes.
09:01The aircraft will give the priority of every way and the space or landing or anything else.
09:13We have the ground agencies, medical and emergency services.
09:22This is the main purpose of Made a Call.
09:25But today the problem is not going to be caused by the media calls.
09:32No, no.
09:34In India, there are no incidents here.
09:37But we are monitoring all the worldwide data.
09:41There are many calls.
09:44In the US and Europe, general aviation is very big.
09:47There are many calls.
09:49There are priority calls.
09:51And without the aircraft,
09:53there are no concerns.
09:56Sir, in the cockpit,
09:58what do you want to understand?
10:00If an emergency is coming,
10:02which is an indicator?
10:06There are many indicators.
10:08If you look at it,
10:10there are two screens.
10:13This is a system display screen.
10:15These are our engine parameters.
10:18If you look at switches,
10:21there are many systems.
10:23For example,
10:24if we click on the grid page,
10:25then this is our engine system.
10:27If we click on the engine page,
10:29then this is our engine parameters.
10:31And this is our e-can warning.
10:34If you look at it,
10:35everything is green.
10:36So,
10:37it tells us that
10:39according to the detail
10:41that the aircraft is proper for the aircraft.
10:42If the aircraft is higher,
10:43the aircraft is more than an airplane.
10:45The aircraft are more than a computer
10:46and they oxen.
10:48If then they are monitoring or to the aircraft.
10:50We do have to monitor more,
10:51then we immediately change the back.
10:53For example,
10:54when we see on the train,
10:55now I can give you an example.
10:56I will give you our parking brake on and if I add it to take off, you will see that there is a warning immediately or there is a warning.
11:08This is a warning from this way.
11:11If there is no doubt, you can inform your system immediately.
11:19In this case, when the pilot has our decision speed, the temperature and weight of the aircraft is on the outside,
11:32before that, if there is no warning to us, then the pilot's work is to reject the take-off.
11:40In this particular case, the aircraft has reached its decision speed and then the take-off initiated.
11:47That means there is no warning until there.
11:51When it has initiated the take-off, after that, there is something that has happened.
11:56There is a very low height.
11:58There was a total total flight from 57 seconds.
12:02After 26 seconds, the aircraft was installed.
12:05So the pilot has nothing left.
12:08In the front of the building, the aircraft has been crashed.
12:13So what do you have to say on this?
12:15First of all, I would like to say it was a very, very tragic incident, accident which occurred.
12:23And it will be marked as a black day in Indian aviation industry.
12:27Not just Indian aviation industry, but the entire world aviation industry.
12:32So this was not supposed to happen, but it did happen.
12:38And that's really very tragic.
12:41I feel very sad for the families, our aviation community also, and members of the family who have passed away.
12:50Is there any reason you?
12:54As of now, we can only speculate as to what happened, but it can be a my right reasons.
13:01You know, it can be, seems like it.
13:04There was a loss of thrust on both engines.
13:07So the aircraft basically stopped reducing any thrust and installed.
13:12And so the reasons can be loss of thrust on both engines can be due to fuel starvation.
13:18It can happen because of bird strike.
13:21It can happen because of any technical error.
13:24It can also happen because of any human error.
13:27That also cannot be ignored.
13:28So that will come out after the investigation is completed.
13:32Sir, Aviation Minister also made a statement about the security of Boeing aircraft.
13:39So about surveillance.
13:41So what do you have to say on this?
13:43That is pretty normal.
13:44That is to safeguard the interest of the passengers and the aircraft and the general public to make sure that these aircraft are airworthy.
13:53So if, and such a tragic incident has happened.
13:56So it calls for this kind of measure so that the public can feel safe.
14:01And so when you go fly, you want to make sure that you will be landing alive.
14:06So that these kind of measures are required to double check, make sure everything is okay before the aircraft is released back to service.
14:15Sir, after this crashing of Boeing aircraft, sir, many people have raised questions on security of Boeing aircraft.
14:24So what do you have to say on this?
14:26Sir, this Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft is a workhorse aircraft for a lot of airlines, including Air India.
14:35And it's a very reliable aircraft.
14:38This is the first incident that has happened.
14:41But of late, this fleet has been getting old, like almost more than 10 to 12 years, which is nothing if you compare the age innovation aircraft, this thing.
14:55But some concerns have been raised by various other airlines as the fleet is aging.
15:01There has been some issues cropping up.
15:03I'm not pretty sure how Boeing is dealing with these issues or how they are addressing these issues.
15:09But I'm pretty sure this accident, incident has opened their eyes and they will look into all these shortcomings.
15:19Sir, we are sitting in a cockpit, so what do you have to say on how pilot monitor all these situations?
15:28So as you can see, this is our cockpit.
15:32And so we have all the systems displayed in the front of us.
15:38And these two screens primarily are for, if you can see, they are identical screens.
15:43They are both for pilot and co-pilot.
15:45And the screens in the center, they are displaying all the systems of the aircraft.
15:50And then we have various selectors over here.
15:54So engine, fleet pages, whatever system we want to call for, we can just simply press.
15:59For example, if I want to call pressurization page, I can just call up this page and see all the information over there.
16:05And this is our primary ECAM warning.
16:08So if you, if you, right now, if you can see everything is in green.
16:13So aircraft is in perfect type of configuration.
16:16There is nothing wrong with the aircraft.
16:18Any kind of warning that can happen, you will see right away straight ahead.
16:22And you will see if it is a emergency warning, it will come red in color.
16:27If it is something which is not that serious, it will come in amber color.
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