An Air India flight to London Crashed in a residential neighborhood Soon after the takeoff on Thursday, in Ahmedabad, a huge fire exploded in a shell of fire and killed everyone except one. Miraculously, a passenger evicted from the aircraft survived. The victims included medical students who were living in a college hostel killed by aircraft.
Air India flight 171 – a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – released the day of May 1 and crashed soon after the closure. Data shows that the final recorded height of the aircraft was at a distance of 625 feet. It flew just 2 kilometers more.
This is especially the first time when a 787 Dreamliner crashed, and Boeing was collecting more details to see if there were any technical defects. The latest reports suggest that investigators have recovered the black box recorder and will soon emerge the exact cause of the accident.
An important question is how the plane crashed a few minutes after takeoff? The analysis of previous takeoff accidents indicates for several reasons: instrument or warning-system failures; Conflict with debris or obstacles near the runway; In-flight structural breakup; Improper use of hull or control surfaces; Skipped checklist including flap and slat settings; And tire damage from runway debris.
Here is a low:
1. Air India Flight AI 855
date: 1 January, 1978
Source: Mumbai
Destination: Dubai
Company: Air India
flight: Boeing 747
Flight time: One minute
Person: 190 passenger + 23 crew (death of all)
Reason: Flight AI 855 Airport, in the sea, away from the coast of Bandra, within 3 km of flight distance at night, soon after the failure of the captain, within the flying distance, all 190 passengers and members of 23 crew were killed. The flight was led to Dubai.
According to the investigation report, the aircraft took a right twist after a minute’s take-off, after crossing the coast and soon turned into the left and never achieved levels. It lost height and then turned into the sea.
2. Indian Airlines flight 491
Indian Airlines Boeing 737’s nose and tail parts crashed after a few minutes after takeoff from Aurangabad
date: 26 April, 1993
Source: Aurangabad
Destination: Hoping flight on Delhi-Jipur-Audipur-Aburangabad-Bombay route
Company: Indian airlines
flight: Boeing 737
Flight time: Within a few minutes of take off
Person: 118 passenger + 6 crew (death of 55)
Reason: An aircraft carrying 118 people flew from Aurangabad, but crashed immediately after the takeoff, killing 55 passengers. The aircraft woke up near the end of the runway, but hit a lorry carrying a pressing cotton lumps passing on a highway about 410 feet from the end of the runway.
Effects – at a height of about seven feet – eliminated the left main landing gear, engine cowling and thrust reverse of the aircraft. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft collided with high-creating power lines, about three kilometers in the north-east of the runway and crashed into the ground. After an effect, the fire surrounds the aircraft, causing its complete destruction.
3. British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Flight 783
date: May 2, 1953
Source: Calcutta
Destination: Delhi
flight: Comet jet aircraft
Company: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Flight time: Six minutes after takeoff
Person: 43 passengers and crew members (all died)
Reason: Boac Flight 783 crashed immediately after the takeoff from Calcutta N route to Delhi, killing all 43 passengers and crew. The aircraft faced with severe rain and thunder and broke into the middle air exactly six minutes after the takeoff while climbing 7,500 feet.
Investigators blamed the accident for excessive disturbance or structural failure caused by pilot over-control when navigating through the storm. The accident marked the first in a series of structural brake-up events associated with comet aircraft.
4. Eramerican Airlines flight 587
Firefighting works at a burnt residence in the scene of an American airline jetliner N route, riding with 255 people for the Republic of Dominican. Photo Credit: Stuart Ramson
date: November 12, 2001
Source: New York jfk
Destination: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Company: American Airlines
flight: Airbus
Time: Minutes after takeoff, before climbing
Person: 251 passenger + 9 crew (all died)
Reason: The accident occurred as the aircraft’s tail was closed in the Midair. This was due to the first officer pushing the foot paddle that carries the hull very hard and was not designed to handle the tail by causing stress. The way the hull system works, as well as some advanced maneuver training airline was used, making it easier for those excessive pedal movements.
5. Northwest Airlines flight 255
date: August 16, 1987
Source: Detroit
Destination: Sigh
Company: Northwest airlines
flight: McDonal Douglas MD ’82
Flight time: Second, runway and crashed
Person: 149 passenger + 6 crew (one infant survived)
Reason: The aircraft barely woke up to the right at the end of the runway, then hit a light pole before the left and right left and right, more poles and a car rented building building, separating, separating and catching fire. This happened because the crew left the taxi checklist and never set flap and slats for takeoff, and there was no power to alert them in the warning system.
6. Spanier flight 5022
A part of the torso of the Spanier Jet, which crashed on take off at Madrid Airport, was lifted by a crane on Wednesday, August 20, 2008.
date: August 20, 2008
Original: Madrid
Destination: Canary Islands
flight: McDonal Douglas MD ’82
Company: Spanier
Flight time: After lift-off
Fatal: 172 onboard (18 left)
Reason: Just after the takeoff, the pilots forgot to expand the flap and the slats, so the aircraft stopped and they lost control. He did not give any warnings, remembered the stall’s signs, and even pulled back and cut the lightning briefly, causing things to become worse – all because they left the appropriate flap/slat checklist.
7. Air France Flight 4590 (Concord)
Rescue workers are standing near the wreckage of the hotel, on which an air France Conside crashed outside Paris, Gonese, soon after the takeoff
date: 25 July, 2000
Original: Paris
Destination: New york
flight: Concord supersonic jet
Company: air France
Flight time: Immediately after take off
Person: 109 onboard
Reason: Investigators found that a left main landing-gear tire ran on a part of the metal on the runway and immediately came out. The debris from the tire slammed the bottom of the aircraft and the wheel thoroughly slammed. The largest piece did not puncture the wing, but it caused sudden pressure inside a fuel tank, blowing panels and leading to a large -scale fuel leakage.
8. birgenair flight 301
date: February 6, 1996
Original: Puerto plata
Destination: Frankfurt
flight: Boeing 757‑200
Company: Birgenier
Flight time: Five minutes after take-off
Person: 189 on the ship (all died)
Reason: The speed gauge of the captain was not working from the beginning, so he first depended on the officer. After the takeoff, his gauge suddenly came in and the aircraft was shown fast, then during the climb it was shown that the aircraft was growing nose-high and rapid, triggering “very fast” alarm.
Thinking that it was wrong, he stopped that warning. Stall warning after moments left control and autopylot and auto-throatal. The pitch, motion and alarm mixed signals confused them, they shook power and angle settings, lost control, and about five minutes after the aircraft crashed.
9. Santa barbara airlines flight 518
date: 21 February 2008
Original: Merida
Destination: Karakas
flight: Twin-turboprop aircraft
Company: Santa Bairabara Airlines
Flight time: Shortly after the take-off, about 7 minutes and 15 seconds (435 seconds) crashed
Person: No one survived, all killed on 46 ships
Reason: Controlled flights in the area due to pilot navigational error in the hilly region
10. Srivijaya Air Flight SJ182 Jakarta
Investigators found the debris on the water of Java Island, where a Srivijayi air passenger jet crashed, at Tanjung Prok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, January 10, 2021. Photo Credit: Tutton Ciufalana
date: 9 January 2021
Source: Jakarta
Destination: Pontianak
flight: Boeing 737-500
Company: Sriviajya Air
Flight time: Four minutes after carrying
Person: 62 onboard (all died)
Reason: One engine remained in power during the climb, while the other was cut back, so the aircraft worked hard to the left. A defective spiiler sensor hidden the imbalance, and when the autopylot tilted the aircraft more than 45 °. Relying on the autopilat and not giving up asymmetrical behavior, the pilots did not hold or fix it in time.
11. Delta Air Lines Flight 1141
date: 31 August, 1988
Original: Dallas/Fort Worth
Destination: salt Lake City
Company: Delta air lines
flight: Boeing 727-200
Time air: Second, crashed near runway
Fatal: 108 out of 14 on the ship; 76 injured
Reason: The NTSB report found that the aircraft could only attempt to launch without extending to the take-off configuration without flap or slats. The captain pulled back to the control column to lift the nose but caused disturbance on engines and caused the compressor growing.
The aircraft failed to gain speed due to the drag caused by the high angle of the attack. On CVR, the flight crew stated that the flap was deployed, but no liver sound was recorded, so it seemed that they failed to deploy flap and slats.
The take-off warning system of the aircraft failed to alert them to the problem as the switch was revised to prevent activation during tax-NG.
B Renuka Ramakrishna, Safa Salsabil Jade, and Niranjana VB, who are interacting with the Hindu data team
Source: Hindu Archives, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Aviation Safety Council, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board.
Published – June 13, 2025 08:12 pm IST
