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There is a person on X who says he has left the plane before takeoff and has uploaded videos of non-functional entertainment panels: https://x.com/akku92/statu
by DanielleMolloy 1y ago
There is a person on X who says he has left the plane before takeoff and has uploaded videos of non-functional entertainment panels:
https://x.com/akku92/status/1933114664923148455 https://x.com/akku92/status/1933114664923148455
- Macha 1y agoI guess it’s kind of surprising in a relatively new plane, but I encounter non functional entertainment systems relatively often. They’re not treated like the safety critical systems by any airline
- DanielleMolloy 1y agoI thought the same but he implies that the screens were not the only tech not working (AC, seats damaged). It is quite an intuition to decide to leave a plane in such a moment. He just escaped death and is now aggressively attacked for saying something potentially relevant.
- RandomBacon 1y agoIt reads to me as if he was on the flight before the doomed flight.
- Symbiote 1y agoIndia is a large country, so a plane travelling a route like Delhi→Ahmedabad→London isn't unusual, with passengers able to board and disembark in Ahmedabad. (There may also be security rules like requiring continuing passengers to disembark with their hand luggage before reboarding. I don't know, it's 15+ years since I took a flight like this.)
- sailingparrot 1y agoHe did not leave the plane, he said he was on the previous flight from Delhi to Ahmedabad, before the plane then went on to do the Ahmedabad - London flight when it crashed. You can see his flight ticket in the tweet.
- DanielleMolloy 1y agoOk, thank you, didn't realize. He wrote two hours and I expected this to be another long-haul flight.
- chromehearts 1y agoNo correlation between non-functional displays on passenger seats & possible engine failures etc.
- arccy 1y agoThey could both point to poor maintenance by the airline
- eldaisfish 1y agoAir India has a long history of poor maintenance. Not many crashes, but lots of reports of poor cabin maintenance, broken electronics, air conditioning not working, etc.
- IAmBroom 1y agoIn other words, they are the "No green jellybeans" clause, proving the vendor didn't thoroughly check all the details. I'm a system engineer - the hardware kind, not the more familiar network kind - and that is my job.
- joshstrange 1y agoWhile obviously the color and type of candy does not matter and I understood the reference, I can't find anything on google when I look for "no green jellybeans" so I wanted to link what you are referring to which is the "No brown M&M" clause that Van Halen had in their contracts: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/
- snypher 1y agoIs the inflight map for the passengers on the minimum equipment list?
- DanielleMolloy 1y agoSure. But it could imply a lack of maintenance.
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- kylehotchkiss 1y agoNormal for Air India and not relevant to the accident. Tata has been trying to resolve the previous owners poor management of the airline.
- smcleod 1y agoWow the 787s look so dated compared inside compared to even a320 neos!
- Havoc 1y agoWho leaves a plane due to entertainment being down? You there to watch a old movie in 720p or to go somewhere?