'pilots Know Something...': Flying Beast Points To Quiet Unease After Fatal Air India Crash

After nan fatal clang of Air India Flight 171 connected June 12 successful Ahmedabad that claimed 270 lives, a activity of formation cancellations and rising speculation has stirred nationalist worry and prompted a informing from aviation YouTuber and erstwhile aviator Gaurav Taneja.

In a station connected X Thursday evening, Taneja, known online arsenic “Flying Beast,” implied that Air India pilots whitethorn beryllium softly flagging issues nan nationalist isn’t being told. “Pilots are snagging aircrafts, grounding, reporting sick and refusing to alert erstwhile successful doubt,” he wrote. 

“The pilots cognize thing that nan nationalist doesn’t.”

Taneja, who spent complete a decade successful commercialized aviation, has been utilizing his level to research method theories down nan Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash. He antecedently suggested a “dual motor failure” script and pointed to delayed takeoff and extended runway usage arsenic signs that thing went incorrect during nan aircraft’s first acceleration.

In a YouTube video, Taneja explained that nan Dreamliner appeared adjacent to its maximum takeoff weight of astir 2.25 tonnes and whitethorn person already mislaid 1 motor earlier takeoff. “If some engines had failed, it wouldn’t person lifted off. But moreover pinch 1 down, it took much runway than expected,” he said—while intelligibly stating these were unverified theories.

He besides speculated connected imaginable overloading and emphasized that nary conclusions could beryllium drawn without charismatic data.

Meanwhile, chap aviation YouTuber Captain Steeeve floated aviator correction arsenic a imaginable cause, though he later clarified his position amid backlash. He, too, discussed nan utmost power astatine nan clip of takeoff and different operational stressors.

Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran addressed nan speculation successful an question and reply pinch Times Now, stating nan craft had a “clean history.” He noted nan correct motor was recently installed successful March 2025 and nan near motor was not owed for work until December.

Published on: Jun 21, 2025 11:41 AM IST