Air India 171

"Ben T. Fender" <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:06:50 -0400
Newsgroups alt.disasters.aviation
Organization unorganized
Message-ID <[email protected]>
A 'mayday' WAS declared

- windshear? (had 2 in my career, BOTH quasi crashes)
- birds (had 1, engine blew)
- hydraulic failure (had 1)?
- engine failure (had 1)?
- systems issue, 2-engine power degradation?
- were the engines firewalled?
- CAN engines be firewalled at all?

just guessing (not type rated), bizarre for a model that can take off 
almost vetically:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbM-3E11Qo