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Aviation enthusiast Paul Brennan provides a detailed and sobering reflection on the crash of Air India Flight 171 near Ahmedabad, which resulted in nearly 250 fatalities and one miraculous survivor. He explores a key distress call from the captain—”Mayday, no power, no thrust”—suggesting a catastrophic dual engine and electrical failure. Brennan speculates on a potential maintenance oversight, such as a forgotten tool in the avionics bay, causing a chain reaction after takeoff: electrical short, system failures, and engine shutdown. He discusses supporting signs like the deployed RAT turbine, flickering lights, and the survivor's account of a bang, all possibly indicating a sudden power collapse. With investigators awaiting black box data, Brennan urges caution but suggests even the simplest mistakes can have disastrous consequences.

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