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Air India Crash: When 2 + 2 Does Not Compute

Air India Crash: When 2 + 2 Does Not Compute 2 + 2 Does Not Compute, But 1 of 4 AND 1 of 4 Does On 12 June 2025 a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport, India.  The crash resulted in the tragic loss of 260 lives.  Th ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 14 2025 - 1:58pm

Air India Crash: Update #2- The AAIB Report Revisited

Air India Crash: Update #2- The AAIB Report Revisited This is another update to my article Air India Crash: When 2 + 2 Does Not Compute, with evidence and argument in support of my assertion that the AAIB Preliminary Report is worthless. "It is hard ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 14 2025 - 2:02pm

Air India Crash: Update #3

Air India Crash: Update #3 This is another update to my article Air India Crash: When 2 + 2 Does Not Compute with fresh evidence and arguments. Many people assume, wrongly, that the chance of two identical engines losing power at the same time due to a co ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 15 2025 - 7:58pm

Air India Crash: Update #4- Lessons From The Past

Air India Crash: Update #4- Lessons From The Past Lessons From Fact And Fiction. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 24 2025 - 10:26am

Air India Crash: Update #5- It's Dust, Not Smoke

Air India Crash: Update #5- It's Dust, Not Smoke A few media content creators and commenters keep returning to the topic of the swirls of what they refer to as smoke which they claim can be seen in the airport surveillance footage of the Air India 17 ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 1 2025 - 6:30am

Bringing Technology Home

One of my institute’s projects is gaining too little traction with its target city. No surprise: The project is expensive, heavy on newer smart infrastructure, and this U.S. city is in the middle of a budgeting round. It’s evident to all, though, that the ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Sep 4 2025 - 9:15am

Air India Flight 171 Accident- The Most Probable Cause

Air India Flight 171 Accident- The Most Probable Cause In this article a combination of known facts and Newtonian mechanics is used to show that the most probable cause of the tragedy was a software fault.  Evidence is submitted which shows that the fuel ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 13 2025 - 9:43am

Air India Flight 171- The Vital Seconds

Air India Flight 171- The Vital Seconds The Timeline- Vital Seconds. This timeline is constructed from what little information was given in the AAIB Preliminary Report, together with what is publicly available about the 787-8's systems and engines.  ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 15 2025 - 10:13pm

Air India Flight 171- Ask The experts

Air India Flight 171- Ask The experts An open letter to H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) GE Aerospace Dear Sir, the pilots of Air India Flight 171 could be entirely exonerated if industry experts were motivated to investig ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 18 2025 - 7:57pm

Air India Flight 171 Accident Summary- Key Findings

Air India Flight 171 Accident Summary- Key Findings The purpose of an air accident report is to establish the most probable cause of the accident.  An air accident report should make recommendations to avoid such an accident in the future and should avoid ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Oct 1 2025 - 7:56pm