Jun 18, 2025 11:14 PM IST Investigators consider the Boeing Dreamliner had its emergency-power generator working in the course of the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Amid probes into the Air India airplane crash in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad that killed 270 folks, investigators consider the Boeing Dreamliner had its emergency-power generator working when it crashed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing folks accustomed to the probe. Debris of Air India flight 171 is pictured after it crashed in a residential space close to the airport in Ahmedabad.(AFP) The Wall Street Journal reported that preliminary findings into the probe have said that the emergency system of the 787 Dreamliner – referred to as the ram air turbine – was more likely to be lively on the time of the crash in Ahmedabad. Citing Dreamliner’s guide, WSJ reported that the emergency system of the plane can “deploy automatically in flight if both engines have failed or if all three hydraulic system pressures are low”. Also Read: 66 Dreamliner flights cancelled since deadly Air India crash that killed 270 Anthony Brickhouse, a US-based aerospace security guide, instructed WSJ that pilots also can deploy the emergency system manually if wanted. Air India airplane crash marks first deadly Boeing Dreamliner incidentAir India flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick airport took off on June 12 from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, solely to crash moments later. As per the preliminary findings, the flight reached an altitude of 625 ft within the air earlier than it stopped transmitting information. The incident additionally marked the primary deadly accident for a Boeing 787 Dreamliner because it first got here into the market in 2011. Also Read: ‘Mayday!’: Air India pilot’s remaining message earlier than Ahmedabad airplane crash The final mayday name from the pilot additionally said that the airplane was unable to attain any thrust because it crashed just a few kilometres away right into a hostel of BJ Medical faculty. The flight was carrying of complete of 242 passengers, together with 12 cabin crew. Of the 242 folks, just one passenger – Vishwas Kumar Ramesh – survived the airplane crash. The airplane crash additionally killed a complete of 29 folks on floor when it crashed into the medical scholar’s hostel.
