Pilot Logged a Problem, IT Said “All Good”—Then the Plane Went Down
What Happened?
You know how sometimes you get that gut feeling when something’s not right? The pilot of that Delhi-London flight via Ahmedabad definitely had it. After landing in Ahmedabad, he reported an issue—something about the engines acting weird. But here’s the kicker: the engineering team ran their checks, slapped an “ALL OK” on it, and sent the plane back up. Thirty-six seconds later? Boom. Gone.
The Warning They Ignored
So the pilot—a guy with probably thousands of hours in the air—notices the engines aren’t behaving right during the first leg of the trip. He does his job, files a report. But when the IT guys looked at it? They basically shrugged. Rumor is they just glanced at the automated system readouts and called it a day. Manual checks? Barely happened. And let’s be real: when you’re under pressure to keep flights on time, “good enough” often wins over “actually safe.”
That “All Clear” Was Anything But
Aviation folks are scratching their heads over this one. How do you miss something big enough to make a seasoned pilot nervous? Turns out their diagnostics didn’t flag anything—but here’s the thing about machines: they only know what they’re programmed to know. A technician I spoke to put it bluntly: “No error on the screen doesn’t mean no error in the real world.” And yet, they signed off on it.
Less Than a Minute to Disaster
Witnesses say the plane barely got off the ground before it banked hard left. The black box recordings? Chilling. You can hear the pilot’s voice going from calm to “oh crap” in seconds before everything cuts out. One ground crew member described it like this: “It wasn’t a controlled crash—that thing dropped like a rock.”
Who Screwed Up?
Early reports are pointing fingers everywhere: maybe a faulty sensor hid the real problem, maybe the inspection was rushed, maybe everyone just got too comfortable cutting corners. But here’s what gets me—when a pilot says “something’s wrong,” that should be the biggest red flag of all. We’re not talking about some newbie here.
Is “Safe Enough” Really Safe?
This whole mess shows how broken the system can be. In Europe, they’d ground a plane for 24 hours over a major warning like this. Here? Apparently not so much. Dr. Mirsky—she’s an aviation safety expert—put it perfectly: “We treat warnings like they’re traffic jams to avoid, not alarms to listen to.” The DGCA says they’ll review policies, but that’s cold comfort for the families.
The Human Cost
Talk to the survivors and you’ll never forget it. One guy—Rohan Mehta—said he just heard this loud bang, then screaming. The firefighters said the worst part wasn’t the flames, it was the silence afterward. Just metal creaking as it cooled. Makes you realize these aren’t just “incidents,” they’re people’s lives.
Where Do We Go From Here?
This wasn’t some freak accident. It was the kind of thing that happens when warnings get ignored and shortcuts become routine. We need to start listening to the pilots who actually fly these machines, slow down the inspection process, and maybe—just maybe—stop pretending that on-time departures are more important than getting there alive.
If You Need More Info
- DGCA’s initial findings (warning: it’s depressing)
- Support for victims’ families: +91-XXX-XXXX
- How other countries handle flight safety (spoiler: better than this)
Source: News18 Hindi – Nation
