Re: Air India 171

On 6/12/25 7:06 AM, Ben T. Fender wrote:
> 
> 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

In one of the videos it looks like about 5-6 seconds after liftoff the 
climb degrades presumably before any power reduction but at about the 
same time as the gear would normally be retracting (gear-up hydraulic 
lines pressurising).