Another Boeing air disaster. Another unnamed, unidentified murderer, another massacre of the innocents.
Crashing of Boeing aircraft is now a new normal. Boeing would deny anything wrong with their aircraft that have the habit of falling from the sky. If they can hide the cause or blame the birds, they will do that, just like the Korean aircraft in Jeju. It is not Boeing's fault! Really?
The video clip of the Air India aircraft took off and apparently everything looked fine except that the aircraft was losing height, unable to climb. At this stage, the aircraft is on full power, even with landing gears down, the aircraft was supposed to be able to fly normally. The pilots could not do much as the accident happened in a few seconds. No time to react, or the pilots did react but could not control the aircraft. If the engines were on full power, at the very least, the aircraft could keep on climbing.
Is this another case of the 'kill switch' being activated? The kill switch is likely to be embedded in the software and any glitch or hacking could activate the kill switch and the pilot would lose control of the aircraft. Several such incidents had occurred, killing everyone on board when the Boeing aircraft just fall off from the sky.
All Boeing aircraft should be grounded immediately, and the kill switch facility be deleted and removed completely from all Boeing aircraft for safety reasons. Any software is just software and can be corrupted, intentionally or unintentionally, by bugs, hacking or virus attack.
The Boeing company would not admit this. Just think about it. Who would want to admit guilt when so many lives have been lost?
Remember Murphy's Law.
For the first time in its history, a Boeing 787 crashed - in India.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time in its history, a French Rafale crashed - in India.
If indeed it's the work of the kill switch, an examination of the passenger and cargo manifests may shed some light as to what are the prohibited items?
ReplyDeleteWho do you think will do the investigation? Just like the Jeju crash, the thieves in charge will say they are innocent. It must be anything under the sky, but not their fault.
ReplyDeleteThe investigation will be carried out to protect the image of Boeing, nothing more. The kill switch theory seems unlikely, not for a passenger jet and for Boeings image, not that it is not possible. The cargo manifests may shed some light. Was the plane overloaded is another theory, but most unlikely unless there is corruption involved.
ReplyDeleteThe plane took off, rose to 625 feet, lost power to rise further and crashed into a hostel. There was one survivor who jumped out as he was sitting near an emergency exit. He could provide useful information.
These was no indication of a bird strike either, with no fire or smoke emitting from the engine that was evident with the Jeju crash. That the landing gears were still visible probably indicates a massive electrical power failure. We just have to wait for the result to be culled from the black boxes.
This is a very sad accident. Sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives.
By the way, Singapore Airlines has a 25% investment in Air India, with Tata Group holding a 75% stake. How this will play out for SIA is still not clear. Air India had been suffering losses over the decades, and this crash is undoubtedly going to add to its financial trouble.
Jeju crashed was blamed on the birds which was bull. If the landing gears could be lowered, the aircraft would have landed safely.
ReplyDeleteIn India's case, the landing gear did not cause the crash. It was loss of power. If there was power, the aircraft could lift off with the landing gears down, do a circuit and land again.
In the Jeju crash, that puff of smoke was blamed on the birds. Could also indicate power failure and engine stalling and landing gear unable to engage.
DeleteDamage control is already out on social media. Narratives like it is the 'safest airplane in the world', even though the FAA had flagged persistent problems with it in the USA. Pilot error was also another narrative being floated.
ReplyDeleteBoeing does make the best aircrafts in the world. Its recent record speaks for itself. No need bragging.
DeleteAs a non-technical person, does power failure on planes led to landing gears malfunctioning as in the Jeju crash and wing flaps not being in position. What can the pilot do in such a situation?
DeleteAccording to another Indian national who flew to India in that plane just before it took off later for London, he claimed that the entertainment system, lights and internal communication systems on that plane were not in good working order, fluctuating on and off. This indicates that maintenance was not well carried out.
Jeju crash was blamed on birds, and the airport also being taken to task over brick wall at the end of the runway. What will this crash be blamed on is interesting.
Since 911, all American aircraft have been loaded with a programme to enable taking over of the aircraft in case of hijacking. Can such a software embedded in the aircraft cause problems to the aircraft systems?
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference between engine failure and electrical failure. Engine failure or flame out would not provide the thrust to fly the aircraft, like the Air India case. The aircraft just dropped from the sky.
ReplyDeleteElectrical/hydraulic power failure may just affect the operation of equipment, instruments and the landing gear.
In the Jeju case, one engine was supposed to be hit by bird strike, but the other engine was still working, allowing the pilot to fly the aircraft and actually made a good landing, but without the landing gear...thus unable to slow and stop, and ending hitting the wall.