US Expert Steve Scheibner Revises Air India Crash Theory, Blames Engine Failure
Former US Navy pilot Captain Steve Scheibner has brought attention to fresh data that suggests a dual engine failure was the cause of last week’s deadly Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner disaster in Ahmedabad.
After watching a sharper video, the US aviation expert stated in a new video that he was changing his previous assessment on the potential cause.
Scheibner has previously proposed that one of the potential causes might have been improper flap setting by the pilots. He also listed fuel pollution and bird strikes as additional possible causes of engine failure.
Scheibner said there was enough audio and visual evidence to show that the ram air turbine (RAT) was deployed soon after takeoff, pointing to a video of the Air India aircraft that was taken from a neighboring rooftop and showed the seconds before the tragedy.
When an aircraft loses its electrical and hydraulic systems or has a dual engine failure, a RAT—which is situated on the right side of the aircraft, directly behind the wing—is activated to power critical systems.
“You see kind it looks like a protrusion on the belly of the aircraft…just underneath, you see a little gray dot it almost looks like an artifact on the screen. That little gray dot is the RAT,” he said.
“This is visual confirmation that the RAT was deployed,” he added.
When discussing the audio evidence, Scheibner points to a clear “high-pitched squeal,” which he claims was produced by a RAT, shortly before the crash.
“It sounds like a high-pitched prop, like a Cessna going by,” stated the man.
“It’s (RAT) not designed for an airplane that’s at 400 or 500 feet and loses all power — there’s no time to get the engines restarted; there’s no benefit to them,” he stated.It should be noted that the aircraft reached 625 feet before plummeting to the ground.
The lone survivor eventually told the aviation expert that just before he fled the aircraft, he heard “a loud bang” and saw the cabin lights flicker. The lone survivor’s account, Scheibner noted, was consistent with what typically occurs during RAT deployment.
Scheibner, who has 20,000 hours of flying experience, stated that the cause of the engines collapsing shortly after takeoff is still unknown. He believes, nevertheless, that the traffic air control audio will show whether a double engine failure was the actual reason for the Mayday call.
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