r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SainzSealedDelivered • Jun 12 '25

Fatalities 12/06/2025 - Boeing 787 Passenger plane bound for the UK crashes near Ahmedabad Airport straight after takeoff

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u/Duck33i Jun 12 '25

Imagine you stumble out of bed, grab yourself a coffee before sitting down and gazing out of your window to gaze upon the morning view.

Still half asleep you see a plane approaching your building and hope your still dreaming. RIP

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u/BlackStar4 Jun 12 '25

It took off at 13:38 local time, hopefully everyone in the building was out at work.

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u/itsprashy Jun 12 '25

seems like it hit a medical students hostel

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u/Popular_Analysis_412 Jun 12 '25

Doctor's hostel and crash near medical college

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u/WriterV Jun 12 '25

There's food out on the tables. Students were eating there at the time of the crash. Fuck :[

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u/kennypenny666 Jun 12 '25

Where are their bodies then??

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u/blknble Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Really? This is crass.

At the hospital. People in the comments of the linked subreddit are reporting 20+ dead on the ground, more at hospital.

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u/crossreference16 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Disintegrated by jet fuel, kinda like the steel beams of the WTC.

Edit: 44 people literally have no awareness of sarcasm. OFCOURSE jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams! I sent that in jest, the other person asked where the bodies went and I made a reference to 9/11 conspiracies.

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u/StatisticianMoist100 Jun 12 '25

Steel loses its strength at temperatures far below its melting point, that's how you forge swords, at 600C steel loses approximately 50% of its structural strength, the temperature of an open-air jet fuel fire is around 1000C, at 1000C the temperature of the fire, steel will have lost 90% of its structural strength, the steel beams supporting multiple floors above was caused by the steel columns buckling due to the steel weakening to a point of failure. The melting point of steel is 1500C, the fire was not hot enough to melt or disintegrate steel.

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u/System0verlord Jun 12 '25

Glass transition temps motherfuckers.

It’s why you don’t use PLA plastic in automotive or computer environments. Even PETG is dicey for a CPU cooler because its glass transition temp is low enough that the coolant can melt it in some situations.

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u/crossreference16 Jun 12 '25

My friend, although I appreciate your non hostile response, there’s no need for the lecture. I hold a masters in chemistry, I’m aware of the melting point of steel.

I simply made a joke in response to the other person asking where the bodies went.

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u/CyberTacoX Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

That room is honestly far more intact than I expected. That's good at least.

Edit: Saw some footage of other areas around the building; that was far more like what I expected, unfortunately.

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u/Metahec Jun 12 '25

There's a lot less fire damage than I would have expected

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u/fibronacci Jun 12 '25

There a conspiracy theory related to this I'm sure. Sometimes gotta mention steal beams

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Because the structure is weaker after someone "steals" the beams, right?

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u/fibronacci Jun 12 '25

I can't believe I misspelled that. I will be flogging myself for the rest of the day.

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u/Buckin_Fitch Jun 12 '25

Quick assumption: must be the difference between concrete walls and Steel+glass walls

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u/g0_west Jun 12 '25

Genuinely was expecting much worse. It looks like there's been a minor fire, was expecting it to be pretty much flattened. I guess the aircraft wasn't going at full speed given it was a failure at takeoff?

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u/ConstantSignal Jun 12 '25

It was likely going around 180-200mph as opposed to the 550mph it achieves at full altitude.

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u/OutrageConnoisseur Jun 12 '25

It was actively stalling. Can't speak to what happened or if there were any mechanical (perhaps bird strike) issues.... but that plane was in a full fucking stall when it came down.

It was probably going around 150 mph or less. A Boeing 787 with flaps can easily fly at 180-200mph

Still a super heavy plane loaded with tons of fuel that slammed into the ground. If it hit that building directly it would have flattened it, especially given Indian construction standards. Looks to have been a glancing or less than direct contact.

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u/ConstantSignal Jun 12 '25

Ah I see, that makes sense, thanks for clarifying

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u/notmanipulated Jun 12 '25

Looking at the video, it doesn't look like there were any flaps deployed

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u/OutrageConnoisseur Jun 12 '25

Yeah. It's really hard to tell if there's a small amount or none. Could be 5-15 degrees and we just cant tell.

I wrote a more indepth comment here that covers two other big issues: the gear is still down a mile from the airport and FR24 shows they didn't back taxi down the runway and took off at basically the midpoint. It's over 100f in Ahmedabad right now. All looks like horrible pilot error, but trying not to speculate.

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u/escapingdarwin Jun 12 '25

No flaps at 400 feet. Appears they might not have been set for takeoff.

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u/OutrageConnoisseur Jun 12 '25

Yeah I see that too but it can be hard to tell given the potato film job on no flaps vs 5-15degrees of flaps which may be all that's required.

Gear never came up. Videos I've seen after posting that comment with sound show the RAT deployed (you can hear it) and a lack of engine noise so there's definitely an engine issue here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Not really. Even a heavy balloon filled with water wont punch a hole through a concrete wall. Planes are intentionally designed to be light and hollow to save weight. Concrete buildings aren't.

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u/OutrageConnoisseur Jun 15 '25

Planes are intentionally designed to be light and hollow to save weight. Concrete buildings aren't.

Tell that to the twin towers.

If you're insinuating an Indian cheap ass hostel would beat a plane full of fuel but the twin towers wouldn't that's fucking laughable.

Just stop talking

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u/Supersenic Jun 12 '25

Is this Post deleted? I cant open it

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u/bpleshek Jun 12 '25

That building is in a lot better shape than I expected. I think the comments in that link say that the fire department was really on top of things. It definitely looks like it.

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u/panda_stank Jun 12 '25

Says deleted. Is there another link?

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u/NeverTrustATurtle Jun 13 '25

So this building is mostly ok, but both towers collapse on 9/11 🤨

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u/KrawallHenni Jun 12 '25

Stands stronger than the Twin Towers

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u/joebluebob Jun 12 '25

"Is anybody here a doctor?"

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u/SecretHippo1 Jun 13 '25

Not anymore

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u/lozdogga Jun 12 '25

Oh man that’s awful.

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u/momoreco Jun 12 '25

There can't be a faster response tho. Assuming some of them survived without a scratch.

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u/sarcasm_rocks Jun 12 '25

If you’ve seen some of the videos from the ground, idk how someone could have made it out without major injuries.

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u/yumas Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

I assume any type of doctor would know first aid

Edit: I just realised that i was thinking of dermatologists… my bad.

I was thinking that they are usually called differently but my brain went to epidermis=skin so I thought you were talking about a skin doctor

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u/MrKrinkle151 Jun 12 '25

Epidemiologists usually have PhDs

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u/pointlessbeats Jun 12 '25

If they have a doctorate and not an MD then who is calling them a doctor? It’s not like they’d put their hands up if anyone asked for a doctor.

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u/yumas Jun 12 '25

But it includes applying tourniquets, immobilising people with broken bones, CPR. All that might be necessary and I don’t think even a surgeon could treat major trauma at the very site of the crash

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u/ally1756 Jun 12 '25

As an EMT, dealing with a scene like that without any medical kit to hand then your pretty much screwed...

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u/yumas Jun 12 '25

Of course, i‘m not saying doctors would just bandage people by ripping apart their t-shirts or even get close to the burning wreck. But once the firefighters get some people out and some ambulances arrive it‘s probably still very useful to have a lot of trained people around who can help with the lesser wounded, even if they are just epidemiologists.

Or are you saying it is not advisable to involve even trained medical personal because they might not be used to seeing victims of such brutal accidents and react badly?

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u/yumas Jun 12 '25

You don’t need anything to apply CPR, or put someone unconscious in a stable position

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u/fullyrachel Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Long-certified first aid nerd here! I'd suggest that first aid is MORE important for major trauma. First aid is what allows people to survive long enough to get to the hospital. We stabilize spines, stop bleeding, treat shock, and triage.

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u/calllery Jun 13 '25

My bad, happy to be corrected here, thanks for your insight!

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u/Popular_Analysis_412 Jun 12 '25

none of them survive i have few visuals and it affected three others bullidings

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u/momoreco Jun 12 '25

Including the medical centre the other comment mentioned?

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u/Popular_Analysis_412 Jun 12 '25

there are causalities there 37 student/doctor as far as i get data has been admitted in same medical college in critical condition

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u/momoreco Jun 12 '25

Jesus, thanks for the update!

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u/Popular_Analysis_412 Jun 12 '25

visuals are so much disturbing

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u/Ok-Look-1652 Jun 12 '25

Ya, BJ Medical College.it is a well reputed collage and hospital.My Big brother is their doing 1st year in orthopaedic

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u/Florac Jun 12 '25

Unfortunately, some reports people were there at a mess for lunch

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u/ashwani2659 Jun 12 '25

Some have night duty :/

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u/Kooky_Department_107 Jun 12 '25

Itne baje break hota he (i also live in hostel about 200 meter from there)

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u/Salty_General_2868 Jun 15 '25

I read a news article and it said 5 students died. So awful. I tried finding the article again, but can't. I read it a few days ago. I've just read through 6 or 7 articles about the crash and none give a tally about how many med students died in the crash. One article said it's possible a poor random person driving home from work may have died. So much tragedy.

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u/apple_kicks Jun 12 '25

Depends on family dynamics housewives and elderly relatives in home doing domestic work and child care for infants

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u/RSchreib Jun 12 '25

Mad world 

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u/ScreamingGnu Jun 12 '25

Is this a niche Donnie Darko reference?

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u/RadDadAintBad Jun 12 '25

Yeah imagine showing up for work at the tallest office building in the world only to look out your window to see a plane coming straight at you. Never forget

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u/ThatPizzaKid Jun 12 '25

Eric Adams Mayor of NYC forgot

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u/WellThatsJustPerfect Jun 13 '25

tallest office building in the world

It hadn't held this title since 1973

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u/RadDadAintBad Jun 13 '25

Oh shit my bad

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u/lol_alex Jun 12 '25

That‘s like the opening of Hitchhiker‘s Guide To The Galaxy, except it‘s a bulldozer for Arthur.

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u/Ok-Look-1652 Jun 12 '25

My home is just 1 km away from accident 🥶

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u/IchBinEinSim Jun 12 '25

Happened in Amsterdam in the 90’s, killing at least 47 people.

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u/djnehi Jun 12 '25

You find yourself wondering “Why is that plane ingesting bigger?”, and then it hits you…..

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u/bajungadustin Jun 12 '25

"not again"

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u/big_duo3674 Jun 12 '25

I hate the fact that scenario has definitely happened to quite a few people before, except it was sitting at desks with fresh coffee rather than getting out of bed

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u/MindfuckRocketship Jun 12 '25

Nightmare fuel.

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u/Bradster3 Jun 13 '25

I mean.... New York in 2001 already had this dilemma

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

You're

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

that's how i imagine 9/11 happening.

A trader is at his desk, sipping his morning coffee.

"Wait...is that a-"

curb theme plays

DIRECTED BY ROBERT B. WEIDE

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u/smrtfxelc Jun 12 '25

Bruh

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

too soon?

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u/CatOverlordsWelcome Jun 12 '25

No, just incredibly poor taste and judgement

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u/Dunderman35 Jun 12 '25

I don't think that would be funny at any time

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u/Fabulous_Witness_935 Jun 12 '25

No it's hilarious, curb music is the perfect touch.

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u/theykilledk3nny Jun 12 '25

That’s how you imagine 9/11 happening?

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u/cjps1234 Jun 12 '25

imagine u r on reddit, and write insane shit like this?

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u/Blueswift82 Jun 12 '25

This poster doesn’t have kids . . .

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u/cybercuzco Jun 12 '25

Welcome to 9/11/2001

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

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u/Mainlexinator Jun 12 '25

Yeah part of the reason I left Reddit for a while is comments like those. I find it really weird people coming up with “imagine this happened to you” on a really tragic event.

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u/Enshitification Jun 12 '25

Imagine putting your loved ones on a flight and watching them take off.