A Second-by-Second Timeline of How Air India's Dreamliner Flight Ended in Disaster

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.... Second-by-Second Timeline of How Air India's Dreamliner Flight Ended in Disaster<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 12-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) London-bound Air India flight AI171 crashed 32 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, after fuel supply to both engines was cut off within a second of each other. A preliminary report found that the confused pilots were unable to restore thr....

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....ust in time. Here is a look at the sequence of events leading to the deadly crash: 11:17 Hrs IST: Air India Dreamliner VT-ANB lands in Ahmedabad from New Delhi, operating as flight AI423 13:13:00 Hrs: Aircraft requests pushback and start up 13:13:13 Hrs: ATC approved pushback 13:16:59 Hrs: ATC approved start up. 13:18:38 Hrs: Aircraft departs from Bay 34 at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbh....

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....ai Patel International Airport 13:19:12 Hrs: ATC queried if the aircraft required the full length of the runway. The aircraft confirmed the requirement of full length of Runway 23. 13:25:15 Hrs: Aircraft requests taxi clearance, which was granted by air traffic control (ATC) 13:26:00 Hrs: Aircraft taxis to Runway 23 via Taxiway R4, backtracked and lined up for take-off 13:32:03 Hrs: Aircra....

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....ft transferred from ground to tower control 13:33:45 Hrs: Aircraft instructed to line up on the Runway 23 13.37:37 Hrs: ATC clears take-off from Runway 23 13.37:37 Hrs: Takeoff roll starts 13:38:39 Hrs: Liftoff from runway 13:38:42 Hrs: Maximum speed of 180 knots reached Immediately thereafter, both Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches move from RUN to CUTOFF positions, one secon....

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....d apart. Engines begin to slow as fuel supply is cut off. Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployed during the initial climb immediately after lift-off. One pilot is heard asking the other why he cut off fuel. The other answers that he has not done so 13:38:47 Hrs: Both Engine N1 and N2 drop below minimum idle speed. The RAT's pump begins supplying hydraulic power. 13:38:52 Hrs: Engine N1 fuel cutoff....

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.... switch moves to RUN from CUTOFF 13:38:56 Hrs: Engine N2's fuel cutoff switch too rest to RUN Both engines relight, and Engine 1 begins to recover. Engine 2 is unable to reverse deceleration 13:39:05 Hrs: One of the two pilots issues a distress "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY" call 13:39:11 Hrs: Data recording from the aircraft stops 13:44:44 Hrs: Fire tenders leave airport premises for rescue a....

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