Aheadof clock wey pass, July 17, 2025, na Ahmedabad wey dis sad story happen. Air India flight wey dey go London crash just after take-off, and wetin be e wahala? 260 lives don vanish like smoke. E be like say something dey gree for inside cockpit as Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kunder dey gist before the crash.
The Wall Street Journal report come drop some hot gist about wetin happen. Dem say for cockpit recording, Captain Sabharwal fit be the one wey switch off the fuel control wey dey supply the engines. As dem just take off, dem engines just power down like person wey dey sleep for heavy palliative. The first officer dey ask Captain Sumeet wetin happen, and he no fit catch am.
Both pilots carry experience like poloo wey dey chop gbagba, with Sabharwal get 15,638 hours for air and Kunder get 3,403 hours. But abeg, wetin make Captain decide to turn the switch go “cut-off,” wey no suppose happen for take-off? E no clear yet o!
Preliminary report from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) dey show say both engines come turn off just one second after take-off. Na wetin lead to the aircraft pluge down wey crash land for BJ Medical College Hostel area wey get plenty people. Fire burn five building! E no funny at all! Except for one passenger wey name na Vishwaskumar Ramesh, wey be British national, everybody for the plane don japa.
Sabi say 19 people for ground come die too, plus injury no be small with 67 people wey carry am. The AAIB dey do serious investigation, and na the deadliest air mishap wey happen for past ten years. Before the crash, dem don make sure say the aircraft dey okay, maintain well well, and no bad cargo dey onboard. But wait, no be only dis one, US also don warn before about possible issue with the fuel-control switch system. Omo, na serious matter be dis!
During the time of crash, recovery systems, dem try activate but only small engine relight happen. As engine dey fail, both pilots still dey try communicate with ATC, but dem just dey shout “Mayday!” before connection cut.
Sabharwal, at 56 years, na pilot wey don see am all, and Kunder wey dey 32 na young blood. Na Kunder dey fly, while Sabharwal dey monitor. Dem say if Kunder dey focus on the climb, how him go fit turn the fuel switch?
Experts dey talk say e no go make sense to rush blame on pilot error yet. Mary Schiavo wey be US aviation analyst come highlight say we still need to open full cockpit voice recorder transcript to understand wetin actually occur. Even the pilots’ union don vex say media no suppose jump to conclusion before investigation finish. This one fit bring unnecessary yawa for families of the crew.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson don advice everyone make dem hold their horses about the crash cause. Dis one dey remind us say sometimes, na wetin we no fit see dey cause heavy wahala for air.
