Tragedy of Air India Flight 1344: What REALLY Caused it?

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Being from India, I can confidently say this expectation of respecting (by not questioning) the hierarchy starts early in life. You are berated for questioning parents, teachers, etc. so much so that it becomes second nature to just accept the judgment of an authoritative figure. I really do feel bad for the FO in this case. thank you Petter for covering this tragedy with such empathy!

Despite the terrible accident 169 people survived and 21 lost their lives, thanks to the wonderful people who volunteered with whatever vehicle they had to take the injured to the hospitals. We the people of Kerala will never forget that dark rainy day because this was the second tragedy to have struck that day. 70 people had lost their lives in a landslide at Pettimudi earlier the same day.

RIP first officer 👮Akil Sharma. Can't get over the fact that he couldn't see his new born son. Rest in peace dear friend.

My best friend in college lost her classmate in this crash. Really sad to see how it happened.

THis one hits close to home. I have had this same experience as a First Officer at a Mexican airport. I called Go Around, used his name, tried to get attention and nothing. I simply took over the control by yelling "My aircraft, my aircraft". He let go and remained silent until basically downwind. I had to select my own gear and flaps up and back down. After I landed he was still in sort of a daze. I told him to 'take control and we will talk later. Just taxi to the gate and don't worry. We are still a team." Had I not taken action, we would have crashed.

Every single analysis where there is loss of life, Mentour Pilot states the number of lives lost and pauses - to let that sink in — demonstrating the gravity of the loss. I like that despite, huge numbers of videos - he does not get de sensitized and neither then does the viewer. He really does a good job with these. Explanations, cadence, non sensational, really great.

This video made me think about how my dad regularly says to me “the wrong decision is better than no decision” even if the captain had kept reverse thrusters and full brakes rather than muddling in indecisiveness the incident would likely be less severe

As a passenger I typically land 5 times a year in kozhikkode which is just 45 mins drive away from my home. What is even bone chilling for me is the AI 425 which was in runway during the diversion of first approach is the usual flight i take when i fly to my work (its in Delhi). Hats off to you for this accurate depection of events. One thing to add is that: monsoon in kerala (indian state where kozhikode is located) is pretty heavy and the rain drops are so big (it hurts to ride a motor bike in kerala's rain due to heavy water drops). Morever, Typically when it start raining, it tends to last for 3-4 hours non stop.

I can’t help but feel particularly sorry for the first officer here. My airline has started encouraging the monitoring pilot to intervene in high pressure moments like this now, but thinking back to when I had 2k hours and sat with training captains, the instinct to take control is heavily suppressed by faith in the experience of the captain. Deciding to grab the controls off him might also result in an accident. It’s a lose lose situation.

"I hope it works" is never the thing you want to hear from someone who has 200 lives on his hands, even when there were many other factors at play for this crash 😶

The pilot increasing speed during landing is a very "I've just walked into a room but I forgot why I'm here" response to being tired. He likely spaced out and forgot if he was landing or taking off for a few critical seconds. RIP everyone who didn't make it.

My fiancée gets hypoglycemia sometimes. It’s no joke. It seriously degrades decision making, gives her literal tunnel vision, etc. I can absolutely see how this could cause an accident.

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The airport (Calicut International Airport) is located nearly 30 km away from where I am from, Malappuram in Kerala. Although it was the peak time of the pandemic and the state was under lockdown, people in the vicinity came down to the site and took part in the extensive crash rescue operations, without being bothered about Covid-19.

This crash is extremely similar to the Air India Express flight 812 crash which happened in Mangalore, Karnataka on the 22nd of May 2010. Both of these planes were boeing 737s that were flying into Southern India from Dubai and crashed after runway overrun due to pilot error.

As someone with type 1 diabetes I can say first hand that hypoglycemia even minor can cause someone to become very confused and disoriented. Some people can’t feel hypoglecemia coming on as well. I think pilots today are required to have a CGM, continuous glucose monitor, which gives a glucose reading every five minutes. This pretty much negates all risk with a diabetic pilot, assuming they have decent blood sugar control, which is normally also requirement from what I’ve read. Love your videos! Always so detailed!

Watching this to see if my video is accurate! Great job!

It always feels especially painful when human negligence and hubris, in a non pressure situation, contributes to these accidents.

Power gradients are socially ingrained in India. Juniors of any profession are expected to stand up when seniors enter a room even in casual situations. Juniors refer to seniors as "sir" or "madam." This happens in any profession, such as in medicine. It is not considered acceptable to question a senior, and often seniors speak down and in a disparaging way to juniors. I do hope this is changing. Some respect is, of course, required, but teamwork is necessary.