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What ill-fated pilots of AI171 may have gone through in those 40 seconds before the crash? Intro:

Mystery still shrouds the real reason behind the unfortunate crash of London-bound Air India flight number 171. With black boxes having been recovered, govt remains undecided on whether to send them abroad for detailed examination or do it in India. Let's find out the truth.
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Was it an electrical failure, fuel pump snag, fuel contamination, overloading or sabotage by agencies inimical to India? Mr Inderjit Singh, maintenance engineer with Air India for 35 years, examines each of these theories with available facts and presents a very nuanced point of view.

Kindly watch the full video to fine out more …


In this conversation with Indian Masterminds, he discusses almost every possibility – what the pilots may have faced?

Mr. Singh is no novice. He has worked on almost all kinds of aircrafts including Airbuses and Boeings. In this conversation with Indian Masterminds, he discusses almost every possibility – what the pilots may have faced, what role the engineers may have played in London or Delhi or even in Ahmedabad? Could it be a human error? Or a machine failure? Is it possible for a snag-ridden aircraft to fly upto a height is 625 feet before starting to descend to its own destruction?

Mr Singh feels the aircraft like Boeing 787 Dreamliner are built with near perfection. Each equipment, especially the critical ones – have double or triple backup. Then what could the real reason.


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