What went wrong with flight All71?

As the nation mourns the tragic crash of Air India Flight AI171, chilling new details are emerging.

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00:00As the nation mows the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171,

00:04new questions are now being raised about what exactly went wrong.

00:07Moore breaks down the visual evidence with analysis from licensed commercial pilot Nagarjun Dwarakant,

00:12whose early review suggests the aircraft may have faced a series of technical malfunctions

00:16within seconds of take-off. Interestingly, despite the suspected failures,

00:20the aircraft's part did not show major rolling or yawing, which means the pilot still had some control.

00:25Two critical components of the aircraft were in highly abnormal positions during take-off.

00:29The landing gear remained extended and the wing flaps were fully retracted.

00:33The flaps being level at a time when the aircraft literally has to generate the maximum lift,

00:39lower the flaps, that points to something that went wrong inside the cockpit.

00:45Two likely scenarios being considered are a mechanical or hydraulic failure left the gear stuck in the down position.

00:51The crew retracted the flaps early to reduce drag,

00:54knowing extended gear and flaps together would cause excessive drag and hamper climb performance.

00:59Pilots must have been going through an emergency, they were trying to lower the undercarriage.

01:03There were even signs of right rudder input, possibly to compensate for a left engine failure.

01:09It's also believed this may point to a cascading technical failure

01:12or a sequence of emergency actions by the pilots in an attempt to regain control.

01:16But ultimately, the aircraft lost lift, possibly stalled and plunged with insufficient altitude left to recover.