Last Words of Pilot in Crashed Air India Plane Made Public As 241 People Perish

• The pilot of the crashed Air India aircraft sent out a frantic last-second communication just moments before the incident
• Radio communication made public showed that the pilot, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, said the plane was not gaining thrust
• This happened just a few seconds after the aeroplane took off from the Ahmedabad Airport on its way to London Gatwick Airport

Fresh findings have shown that the pilot of the ill-fated Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad sent out a few words before the tragedy.

According to the last radio communication made public, the pilot sent out a mayday call, which disclosed what was happening on board.

In his last words, the pilot, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, made it clear that the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was not gaining thrust.

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This indicates that the aircraft did not generate sufficient thrust to gain altitude effectively and ascend properly after takeoff.

The captain called out on his radio communication device, stating that the aircraft was losing power.

He said:

"Mayday [...] no thrust, losing power, unable to lift."

According to reports gleaned from the radio communication between Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and the ground crew, the struggle to save the aircraft lasted only a few seconds.

Just 11 seconds after takeoff, Captain Sabharwal warned that they were “losing power.”

At that point, there was little he or the crew could do to avert the impending disaster that unfolded moments later.

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Captain Sabharwal had 8,200 hours of flying experience, and he was assisted by Clive Kunder, who was from Mumbai.

The aircraft hadn't travelled anywhere too far from the airport after takeoff as it crashed at an altitude of 625ft, according to Flightradar24.

The reason for the crash and why the aircraft could not gain enough power is yet to be made public.

The Air India plane had 242 people on board, and all of them died except one man identified as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Crashed plane bound for London-Gatwick Airport

The aircraft was on its way to the UK, where it was expected to land at London Gatwick Airport, but never made it.

It crashed into an accommodation used by doctors. The BBC reports that a woman said her son had to jump from the second floor of the building to escape.

The woman told ANI news outlet:

"My son is safe, and I have spoken to him. He jumped from the second floor, so he suffered some injuries."

Woman misses deadly flight

A woman, Bhoomi Chauhan, was not allowed to board the crashed India Air plane after she was some minutes late.

Bhoomi described the event as a terrifying incident. The woman got to know about the air crash minutes after she was barred from boarding at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport in Ahmedabad.

She said:

‘'We arrived at the check-in gate 10 minutes late, but they didn’t allow me, and I returned.

'‘They said that it would delay the flight further. I was late because of traffic in the Ahmedabad city area. I came to know that the flight had crashed, I was totally numb. 'I thank my mother Goddess that I am safe, but the incident is absolutely terrifying.’'

Six dead after plane crashes in US

In another development, Legit.ng reported that a mother and her little child who had just undergone life-saving surgery were inside the plane that crashed in Philadelphia earlier in the year.

The crash had occurred in the US just a few days after a military Black Hawk flew into a civilian aircraft in Washington DC.

Donald Trump reacted to both tragic events that claimed many lives, while investigations were launched to ascertain the causes.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, referencing the story of Bhoomi Chauhan, a woman who missed the India Air deadly flight.

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng