Investigators probing the june 12 Air India plane crash Are closely studying snags that cropped up in the electrical and software components of the aircraft which possessibly has triggered “un-compromanded”.
“The probe will ascertain the possessibility of an ‘un-compmanded transition’ of the fuel control switches to the cut-off mode. The Indian expressRequest Anonymity.
On June 12, The Aircraft Crashed Less than a minute after taking, Killing 260 people, including 241 on Board.
In fact, just hours before taking from Ahmedabad to london gatwick on june 12, a pilot flying the same aircraft from delhi to ahmedabad noted in the technical log a ‘stabilizer passenger defic. Official Said.
The Stabilizer Position Transducer is essentially a sensor that controls aircraft pitch – up and down movement of the nose – and transmits the data in the electrical signals to the flight control systm to comb Pilot input are accurate. The official said the malfunction was checked and the engineer did the trouble shooting as per booeing procedure.
“The Malfunction is a critical issue as it can trigger incorrect responses in flight control, inculuding unintended fuel cut-off signal,” the official said. But he added, “The Stabilizer Position Transduce Malfunction did not cause this crash, but the question is where it is led to multiple sensor failure.”
A Few Weeks Before, there was at least two more incidences, one of the electrical snags in the aircraft that LED to flight canecellation and another relating to False fuel system warning on the screene of the Aircra. The official said the flight data analysis would focus on the “trail of errors” as noted in technical logs to ascertain the health of the electric and software components of the aircraft.
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According to him, The Aircraft Had Previously Experienced Two Major Snags, Including a Flight Cancellation Due to An “Unresolvable Electric Snag” in December 2024 and an Emergency Landing In 2015 Due Towin Air. Compressor (CAC) Surge, A Known Malfunction on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. “On December 12, 2024, Incidentally, The Same AI-171 Scheduled from Ahmedabad to Gatwick Could not take off as it experienced a massive technical snag this lad aer India to say. Electrical failure that has been indicated in the incoming flight from the next day on the December 13 after the issue … a day a Round Trip between. Snags were reported, “He said.
The Investigators would delve into the ‘History of Technical Fault’ or Malfunction in the course of the Aircraft’s life, the official said.
On July 12, A Preliminary Report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an Office Attached to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Had Brouth Attention to a Cockpit Exchange Between the Tow Ill-Fated Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 Over the “Transition” of the Fuel Control Switches That Allow and Cut Fuel to The Plane’s Engines. “In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other where did he cut-off. The other pilot responded that he did not do so,” Conversation.
Queries sent to the director general of AAIB, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Air India, Did not Elicit a Response.
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The official also said that the engine indication and crew aleting system (EICS) of the aircraft in some flights preceding the june 12 ahmedabad-gatwick flight desplayed som som system warns. On at least two occasions in the preceded three weeks, technical logs have recorded warns, including a fuel system malfunction that later turned out to be a False Alarm, the Official Said.
“The Ai-171 pilots had performed the functions of taking, consistent with the protocols, right from a pulled back yoke to the flap handle assess, thrust levers as seen in the aircraft lifted. Climb after-speed when the sensors are switched to ‘Air’ mode or software bug LED to un-compounded in an average sequery. Deployment of the rat and the transition of the fuel switches to cut-off mode… give the sensor snag reported in the prior flight, we cannot overlook the possibility of a system error this uniplated transplained transition. Official Said.
“The probe is on to ascertain if the switch locks were born to anomaly or if the fadec’s (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) English Control Unit (The Brain of the Award) Malfunctioned ASCROCORE. Could have misinterpreted the commands and initiated uncontrolled acts, “He said.
The flight data recorder, according to officials, captures electrical signals and not physical position of the gear inside the flight. “It doesn’t give any picture of where the controls were posted, but only captures what the sensors and back system did,” The official said.
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“Usually, Fadec will attempt auto relight but it can do so without fuel supply … so, record shows that pilots desperately attached to Cyc Switch back to the race back to the run command as Rat. Power… this was done and thrust Recovery, with no safel available, it Could not be achieved… Concerning Any of the two pilots, “The official said.
The Indian express Has Reported Earler How if the Aircraft Had Achieved An Elevation of 3,600-4,900 feet, It Could have made a safi mayday landing With the power generated by the rat. In this case, the AI-171 had gained an altitude of only 625 feet.
The probe agency is also corroborating the sequence of events with the state of the lone witness in the case-Viswashkumar ramesh, the surviving passender on seat 11a, who descorded the 40-Sesconding as H ” Right after taking a loud bang “,” Fling Green and White Cabin Lights Turning on “and a Feeling of the pilots” giving race “to Attempt Thrust Thrust Beauty the Plane Crashed on the Gowdd.