“AC wasn’t working…” Meet Mumbaikar, who noticed unusual things in Air India flight

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Mumbai, June 13, 2025 (ANI): Akash Vatsa, who claimed to notice the unusual things in Air India flight just before the Tragic air crash, spoke exclusively to ANI. Listen!

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00:00I had a video on social media, that the AC was not working.

00:05When it was down, the AC didn't work.

00:07After that, the AC was running, but it was on-off and on-off.

00:12It wasn't a constant temperature.

00:14Sometimes it was cold and cold, sometimes it was warm.

00:18Being a passenger, I felt a little unusual to see the car flaps.

00:24The take-off time flaps are in the middle of the car.

00:30It was on-off.

00:31I had a flight boarded from Delhi.

00:33It was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

00:37It crashed last night in the AI-171.

00:40When the flight took off, it was on-off.

00:45It was scheduled at 9.50 a.m.

00:4812 June 2015.

00:50Our arrival time was on-off at 11.30 a.m.

00:56Our flight based on AI-423,

00:59immediately took off from Delhi.

01:01It was at 10.00.7am.

01:03We went along at 10.00.7am.

01:04It was late at 10.00.14am.

01:08I also shared the exact timing.

01:11In this day, I was ready to do this,

01:13So, my take-off time and landing video I was ready to do.

01:16So, after that after it was captured,

01:18flight take-off was okay, there was no issue

01:21as such, when I was sitting, I didn't have any issue

01:24when I recorded the video, I saw that it was me

01:27just me, just me

01:29I want to clarify this thing

01:31being a passenger

01:33I thought that maybe something unusual

01:36I would like to see the car flaps

01:38which in the video, experts will tell

01:40that it was unusual or not

01:42whatever it is

01:44so one thing I want to clarify

01:46is that I have given my opinion

01:50I have not said that

01:52what I know, these are valid points

01:54from which plane crashed

01:56I never said that

01:58after that, take-off

02:00we got to take-off

02:0220 minutes after

02:0420-25 minutes

02:06everything was good

02:08but cruising altitude

02:10I also saw things far window

02:12so that take-off time

02:14I have to take-off time

02:16for the time

02:17I have to take-off time

02:18which is the same way

02:20so that cruise is the same way

02:22as I can see

02:23as I can see

02:24it is the same way

02:26foreign

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02:54a video about the AC was not working.

02:58When it was on the ground, it was not going to be running.

03:02Some people have told this about aviation experts,

03:06which I have understood that we can be able to do this.

03:10For a better rush during the take-off, AC is closed.

03:14It was very warm, at least.

03:18I was going to press something on the window.

03:22The cruise was in rush.

03:24The take-off was almost ready for the flight.

03:26I felt like I was sitting there.

03:28The taxi was pushed back,

03:30so the flight was stopped at 10-15 minutes.

03:34After the take-off,

03:36I took the middle seat with my father.

03:40After that, the AC was on-off and on-off.

03:46It wasn't a constant temperature.

03:48It was sometimes cold and cold.

03:50It was sometimes cold.

03:52Sometimes warm.

03:54It was like cold.

03:56It was always cold.

03:58It was very warm.

04:00It was very warm.

04:02It was a normal flight.

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05:01I was able to travel to Delhi.

05:03I had a very tight schedule for my time.

05:05I didn't know that plane crash is going to happen.

05:08I didn't know that plane crash is going to happen.

05:10I immediately sat in the car.

05:15It took me 5-10 minutes to exit the airport.

05:19I started my meeting with the car.

05:22I was able to go around 120 km and get traffic.

05:26People were expecting me to do the first thing.

05:30I was able to do the same thing.

05:32I thought I needed to do it.

05:34I was able to do it.

05:36I was able to do it.

05:38It might have an issue that I could have found.

05:40I had a meeting with my phone.

05:42I put my phone on the car.

05:44I put the phone on the car.

05:46I thought it will be over the meeting.

05:49I was able to do it.

05:51To be honest, I was able to do it.

05:53My meeting was in the restaurant.

05:55We have lunch.

05:57I said I came back to it.

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07:23I am not sure that if I can report any issues to the air India,

07:25if I can report any issue,

07:27I can not have action.

07:29Everyone knows that,

07:31everyone knows that,

07:33air India is not sure about

07:35any issue.

07:37If you say anything,

07:39yes sir, sir, no sir,

07:41sir, sir, sir, do you not sure?

07:43If you say any passenger,

07:45what does it mean?

07:47Because everything is checked,

07:49your engineers,

07:51your captain,

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08:21The schedule was so tight during the landing.

08:24The schedule was so tight.

08:26We actually made the plane from the plane.

08:29We entered the bus.

08:31I was just in the arrival hall.

08:34My check-in didn't feel like the address was too late.

08:35I don't want to go there.

08:37But who do I do?

08:38I was just tweeting on that.

08:40I was just tweeting on that.

08:42Right.

08:43Aakash, I just wanted to know that

08:46I knew that when we were in flight,

08:50the window shield will be opened in take-off time so that if we see anomalies, we can report it.

08:57I have seen you in the video that you want to know about flight attendants, but there was no one coming.

09:03So you wanted to report it, but you didn't know anything.

09:07You wanted to say that it wasn't on as usual.

09:11Absolutely, so Boeing 787 Dreamliner, I want to tell you something about 787 Dreamliner.

09:16I want to tell you something about 787 Dreamliner in India.

09:20I have been flying in 787-8, Mumbai to Delhi, which I have also been in Hong Kong.

09:26I have been flying in 2019.

09:29On the other hand, I have been flying in 787-8, and I have been flying in 787-8,

09:34in 2015, Delhi to London.

09:37So what is happening in this situation?

09:40What is happening in the other aircrafts?

09:42What happens in the other aircrafts?

09:43What happens in the aircrafts?

09:44Like in the window, there are shades in the top and down.

09:45You have been saying that they are staying in take-off landing time.

09:49But in 787-8, it doesn't happen.

09:51What happens in that?

09:52Normally, it stays in take-off landing time.

09:53It stays in the captain's control of how much visibility it is.

09:57There is a button.

09:58I mean, one is light and down to the dark.

10:01So, one, two, three, four, five.

10:03First, two points left on the light.

10:05Then, the third one is staying in the middle.

10:07Not much light, not much dark.

10:09The other one is getting dark.

10:10Then, the other one is getting dark.

10:11The other one is getting dark.

10:12You are absolutely correct.

10:13You are calling in the middle of the plane that you can't get.

10:16The other thing is that you are absolutely correct.

10:22I was calling once the plane was on ground.

10:25Because when it was rolled, it was not the same thing.

10:29But when the plane was pushed back,

10:31when the plane was closed,

10:33the general pushback was pushed back.

10:36When the plane was closed,

10:38the AC started.

10:40When the plane was standing in 10-15 minutes,

10:43when the plane was closed,

10:46I told my dad about that.

10:49I think there is some technical fault in this plane.

10:52The AC didn't work.

10:53I don't know,

10:54I think there is some negative vibes.

10:58I am not feeling anything good with this.

11:02I am not feeling good with this.

11:04I am not feeling good with this.

11:05I am not feeling good with this.

11:07I am not feeling good with this.

11:10I had a schedule to build this.

11:11I was calling the cabin crew.

11:12I was watching you 287 Dreamliner and there are lights to do.

11:20At 787 Dreamliner at 887 Dreamliner,

11:22there are lights on at the РAC event.

11:23No button had no buttons.

11:24You could not be able to turn on the crew or call the crew.

11:26The remote,

11:27I was trying to do my father's back to that.

11:31I did try.

11:32The remote was not working at all.

11:33not working at all so people who are this who are after me

11:37ki in flight entertainment ke baare me koji crash karena

11:41dhena nai hai bata agar koi passenger complaint karna

11:44chaata hai kisi issue ke baare me aur kya AC ka

11:46bend hoona, loob bolna ki safety concern nai hai

11:49ik chiz mein jana chata ho, loobo se poochna chaata ho

11:52mein koos application bhot hori thi, thik hai,

11:54merer fader COPD ke patient, senior citizen bhi hai

11:57wo, thik hai, unkoos breathing issues ho raha tha,

12:00thik hai, kal ko kuch hume ho jata hai,

12:02itne plait me loog thi, aur bhi senior citizen loog thi

12:04kone responsible ho ta, joa, shao shalim ke baare baat

12:07baat karre hai is this chiz ko, ki iska koji lenna dhena nai

12:10hai, mein nai nai bola, ik bhal bhi lenna dhena hai,

12:12but safety of a passenger is a safety, right?

12:15chayye ho on ground ho, chayye ho hawa mein ho,

12:17a plane crash ho gaya, people are no more,

12:20I know this is very unfortunate, but people who have survived,

12:23unka bhi a, e, lucky survival hai,

12:26je bilkul, joh hai, hama hai, dousri life mili hai,

12:28bhagwaan ji sa and we all are very thankful to that,

12:31So, there are many difficulties in this situation.

12:33Many people have difficulties,

12:35some have a psychiatric patient,

12:37many problems are happening.

12:39If someone has something to do,

12:41something happens,

12:43then what do people do?

12:45So, I wanted to speak about this,

12:47but I was hopeless, helpless,

12:49I didn't do it.

12:51Then, the cabernet crew

12:53took a while at the taxiway,

12:55and they were also in very very rushed.

12:57So, there was nothing to do with that.

12:59So, after the take-off,

13:01I will clarify that,

13:03as I told you,

13:05the compressor was on-off,

13:07so I came from the window seat,

13:09so that I didn't feel warm.

13:11Then, after the seatbelt sign-off,

13:13after the seatbelt sign-off,

13:15the cabernet crew is prepared,

13:17for the meal to serve.

13:19So, when I took the food in 20-25 minutes,

13:21then, on-off,

13:23it was okay,

13:25so I said,

13:27after the 30-30 minutes,

13:29I made a video,

13:31so I tweeted to you.

13:33Right.

13:35And one thing,

13:37you said,

13:39that you had some foil,

13:41wire,

13:43that you had noticed,

13:45and the other thing,

13:47and I showed you,

13:49a little bit,

13:51like the aircraft built,

13:53then,

13:54a321,

13:55a321,

13:57a321,

13:59a321,

14:01a321,

14:03a321,

14:05a321,

14:07a321,

14:09So overhead cabin, usually, as you can see, you can open it like this

14:15But my seat was not normally overhead cabin, it was different from the other plane

14:23It was like this, overhead cabin was something like this

14:26It was not like this, it was like this

14:30Actually, what happens, when we open it, we can open it and open it

14:34It was like this, it was like this, it was like this

14:41And the seat was like this

14:44So what happened, when you push it up, it was like this

14:47I had a little backpack in overhead cabin

14:49I had a small backpack, we had a small backpack

14:53So we kept it in front of the seat

14:56So when I was in the seat, then my window seat

15:01It was a design that was straight, I mean, the window was straight

15:06It was not curved, like in A321, I'm telling you, it was straight

15:09So straight, the overhead, the AC vents and the light vents

15:14There was so much space, like I have told you

15:18In this space, there was a silver coil, black wire and tissue

15:21So these are very common things, because there is no charge manufacturer

15:27In this space, there are many mechanisms, many things, many things

15:31There are many wiring, many things

15:33So it was a wiring, because I said to myself, that I'm an expert

15:36And yesterday, I made a video of that, and I'll show you the evidence

15:40And it's helpful or not

15:42But if it's new to me, it's new to me

15:44But people point out to me that this is normal, this is this

15:48So I'm again saying I'm not an expert

15:50I'm just telling you that I'm telling you that this is

15:56That I've noticed that this is the first time I've noticed that this is usually

16:02But when I'm using tissue paper, I'm using tissue paper, so people say

16:06It's like a lot of things that happen to me, and I'm using tissue paper

16:10So it's a kind of thing that happens

16:12When there are some major things, we think that

16:14We think that maybe it will happen, maybe it will happen

16:18Maybe it will happen, maybe it will happen

16:20So all the things that we notice

16:22We notice, we can't record or share

16:24You can't do anything

16:26Or do anything

16:27It depends on the person to person

16:29And the situation is the same

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