Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard

Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by ajross on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:37AM (#44257668)

While the counterexample is a real gaff on my part, it's 100% Absolutely Not True that there are "multiple" airliner total thrust failures every year.

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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by closewith on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:52AM (#44257840)

That wasn't your claim, though. You spoke of double-bird-strikes, of which there are multiple per year.

So far this year, it's happened at least twice resulting in engine failure.

Jan - Air New Zealand NZ207 - aborted take off following dual bird strikes and both engines damaged.

~~Mar - Ryanair FR 4102 - dual bird strikes on landing resulting in injuries and hull loss.~~

Before that, in December 2024, Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed on landing following dual bird strikes, resulting in the loss of all PAX.

These aren't as rare as you believe they are.

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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by leoedin on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:38AM (#44258353)

Ryanair FR 4102 apparently happened in 2008, not March. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair_Flight_4102

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