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Hundreds gathered in Mumbai today to honour Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Air India pilot who has been hailed as a hero for limiting casualties on the ground during last week’s crash.Captain Sabharwal issued a mayday call to air traffic controllers moments after takeoff and residents on the ground have credited him with avoiding a large residential building that was directly on the flight path.
US Navy pilot Captain Steve Scheibner revisits the Air India Boeing 787 crash theory, flagging the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployment as crucial evidence.
A veteran commercial airline pilot said he may have found a “total game-changer” in what led the doomed Air India Boeing 787 to crash after analyzing new video.
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