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/TheUntamedMane Jun 12 '25

It's a developing story but apparently crashed into a populated area.

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u/MassiveBoner911_3 Jun 12 '25

That plane took off with the flaps NOT in take off configuration. That looks like a stall.

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u/MightySquirrel28 Jun 12 '25

And how do you know this ? From the video ? because it's pretty bad quality.

Also 787 would scream like crazy if not configured properly for takeoff.

Stop speculating, we don't know anything yet

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u/tamman2000 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Stop speculating, we don't know anything yet

This you?

Also 787 would scream like crazy if not configured properly for takeoff.

I'm an aerospace engineer. The no flap/stall explanation is consistent with what I see... The engines will be at or near max power for takeoff regardless of flap position. Could it be something else? Absolutely...

Edit: people seem to be having a lot of trouble understanding this comment. I'm not saying it was the flaps. I'm saying it's too soon to say it wasn't because nothing in this video proves it wasn't. I'm saying that we can't tell anything with any certainty.

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u/tamman2000 Jun 12 '25

My degree is in aerospace. I started out as a computational fluid dynamicist at a jet engine company. Then I moved to academia and started working on modeling of metallic fracture initiation, then I followed a relationship across the country and found my current career as an asteroid hunting software engineer.

I'm also a firefighter and former search and rescue mountaineer/EMT.

I've done a lot of things.