Aircraft still in take off configuration so flaps 20 and gear down. MTOW needs 10,800 feet and the runway is 11,200 . it was also 40 degrees today in Ahmedabad so engine performance of the GNEX-1b would be down
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Actually, maybe the flaps aren’t in the wrong place - it’s hard to see as the video quality isn’t great, and it doesn’t look like there’s a high degree selected, but looking at another 787 video you don’t get a lot of deflection on the for take off settings:
And yes, I know it varies according to aircraft weight and performance.
And yes, I know it varies according to aircraft weight and performance.
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But they got airborne and well over 500ft in altitude, so everything was fine for that part of flight.
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Very true, however a V1 engine failure could also put it in a similar place, i noticed the nose was way up as the aircraft dropped like a rock
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Not long flown from that airport, not with that airline though.
Worrying it was such a new plane too.
Worrying it was such a new plane too.
And you can hear this sound at the beginning of the crash video as the plane flies past the person filming.
That often happens in a stall. Panic sets in and as the ground gets closer the instinct is to nose up.
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Crashed on doctors/medical students? hospital accommodation it seems. 
Crashed on doctors/medical students? hospital accommodation it seems.
30 bodies recovered from that building so far, or so says the news
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Good advice in general really.
Just read 2 pilots views on pprune ; seems as above only 1/2 runway used
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Some saying they retracted flaps instead of gear, but the controls for each are in vastrly different places. Add in an engine failure (last broadcast words indicated that), its a chain of events. Short take off roll, hot day, lose a donk on rotation or shortly after.
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Some saying they retracted flaps instead of gear, but the controls for each are in vastrly different places. Add in an engine failure (last broadcast words indicated that), its a chain of events. Short take off roll, hot day, lose a donk on rotation or shortly after.
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Just read 2 pilots views on pprune ; seems as above only 1/2 runway used
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Some saying they retracted flaps instead of gear, but the controls for each are in vastrly different places. Add in an engine failure (last broadcast words indicated that), its a chain of events. Short take off roll, hot day, lose a donk on rotation or shortly after.
Is that flight radar tracking precise though.
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So they were running late and decided to forgo the backtrack and take off using half the runway. Seems like a whole bunch of other factors caused the crash, though.
Based entirely on FR24 which may not have many data points, so not guaranteed they did an intersection departure like shown.Just read 2 pilots views on pprune ; seems as above only 1/2 runway used
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Some saying they retracted flaps instead of gear, but the controls for each are in vastrly different places. Add in an engine failure (last broadcast words indicated that), its a chain of events. Short take off roll, hot day, lose a donk on rotation or shortly after.