12 June 2025, 11.17.00 pm (IST)
Air India Dreamliner VT-Anb landed Ahmedabad from New Delhi (operated as flight AI423)
13.13.00 pm
The aircraft requested pushbacks and start-ups.
13.13.13 pm
ATC approves pushbacks.
13.16.59 pm
ATC approved the start-up.
13.18.38 pm
The aircraft left from Bay-34 of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad.
13.19.12 pm
ATC asked if the aircraft needed the entire length of the runway. The aircraft confirmed the need for the entire length of runway 23.
13.25.15 pm
The aircraft requested a taxi clearance, which was approved by the Air Traffic Control (ATC).
13.26.00 pm
The aircraft returned from the taxiway R4 on the runway 23 taxi and stood in line for the take-off.
13.32.03 pm
The aircraft was transferred from the ground to the tower control.
13.33.45 pm
The aircraft was directed to stand in line on runway 23.
13.37.37 pm
ATC allowed take-off from runway 23. Tech-off rolls started.
13.38.39 pm
The aircraft flew from the runway.
13.38.42 pm
The aircraft achieved the maximum speed of 180 knots.
- Shortly thereafter, fuel cutoff switches of both engine 1 and engine 2 went into cutoff position at a second interval. The engines start slowing down as the fuel supply is closed.
- RAM Air Turbine (RAT) was started working immediately after the lift-off.
- One pilot was heard asking the other why he stopped the fuel cutoff switch. The other replied that he did not do so.
13.38.47 pm
Both the engine N1 and N2 reached below the minimum speed. Hydraulic power supply was started from RAT’s pump.
13.38.52 pm
The fuel cutoff switch of the engine N1 goes from the cutoff to run.
13.38.56 pm
The fuel cutoff switch of the engine N2 also goes to the run. Both engines are turned on. The engine starts recovering 1. The engine 2 was found unable to do so.
13.39.05 pm
One of the two pilots released the call ‘Mede, Mede, Mede’.
13.39.11 pm
Data recording from the aircraft stopped.
13.44.44 pm
Fire brigade left from the airport for rescue and fire fighting.
