An Indian astrologer warned of a devastating airplane crash only one week earlier than the Air India tragedy that noticed a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plummet simply minutes after take off.
The astrologer, who goes by the title Astro Sharmistha on social media, had tweeted final yr that in 2025 ‘airplane crash headlines might give us shock.’
However final week, she reiterated her prediction, warning on social platform X: ‘I’m nonetheless holding excessive the prediction of [a] airplane crash and destruction in aviation in 2025.’
The tweet, which she posted on June 5, has gone viral following Thursday’s airplane crash within the Indian metropolis of Ahmedabad, leaving tons of of social media customers shocked.
‘[You] have but once more proved your accuracy…I am simply left speechless by [your] prediction for a airplane crash…’, one X account wrote.
One other commented: ‘How can your prediction be so correct all the time?’.
Her surprising prediction started trending on social media simply hours after the Air India flight certain for London Gatwick crashed and exploded right into a fireball.
Native authorities have mentioned that there have been no survivors on the flight carrying 242 passengers, together with 53 Britons.
An Indian astrologer warned of a devastating airplane crash only one week earlier than the Air India tragedy
Native authorities have mentioned that there have been no survivors on the Gatwick-bound flight carrying 242 passengers, together with 53 Britons
Aviation specialists say that Air India Flight 171 might have all of the sudden misplaced energy ‘on the most important section of flight’ after takeoff
Chatting with reporters, regional police chief G.S. Malik added that ‘some locals would have additionally died’, given the airplane smashed into places of work and lodging for docs near a hospital because it got here down.
Aviation specialists say that Air India Flight 171 might have all of the sudden misplaced energy ‘on the most important section of flight’ after takeoff.
The potential causes are believed to incorporate a fast change in wind or a chook strike resulting in a double engine stall.
Officers from India’s Plane Accident Investigation Bureau at the moment are on the scene to hold out an evaluation of the wreckage and retrieve the stricken jet’s black field.
Movies shared on social media confirmed the plane quickly dropping altitude – with its nostril up – earlier than it hit a constructing and erupted in a violent explosion.
The variety of fatalities isn’t but identified however rescuers mentioned at the least 30 our bodies have to date been recovered from buildings broken by the jet.
‘Our workplace is close to the constructing the place the airplane crashed. We noticed folks from the constructing leaping from the second and third ground to save lots of themselves. The airplane was in flames,’ mentioned one resident, who declined to be named.
The passengers included 159 Indian nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese, and a Canadian. Eleven of these on board had been youngsters, together with two newborns.
The astrologer’s surprising prediction started trending on social media simply hours after the Air India flight certain for London Gatwick crashed and exploded right into a fireball
Chunks of the airplane’s fuselage and tail had been seen protruding from a demolished constructing
The tail of the jet is seen protruding from a constructing within the Meghani space of town
The reason for the crash isn’t but identified. Emergency companies are en path to the scene
Rescuers work on the website of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025
The Boeing jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat at round 1:40pm (0810 GMT), officers mentioned.
Ahmedabad, the primary metropolis of India’s Gujarat state, is dwelling to round eight million folks, and the busy airport is surrounded by densely packed residential areas.
‘Once we reached the spot there have been a number of our bodies mendacity round and firefighters had been dousing the flames,’ resident Poonam Patni advised AFP.
‘Most of the our bodies had been burned,’ she added.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned the scenes from the crash had been ‘devastating’, in an announcement addressing passengers and their households ‘at this deeply distressing time.’
Boeing mentioned it was ‘working to collect extra data’ on the incident which a supply near the case mentioned was the primary crash for a 787 Dreamliner.
Lt. Col. John R. Davidson, a former US Air Drive pilot and industrial aviation security advisor, mentioned the airplane appeared to have reached takeoff pace however not altitude, in accordance with flight knowledge, suggesting ‘both a really late rotation or a stall shortly after takeoff’.
‘There are a variety of potential situations: thrust or engine efficiency points, extreme plane weight, poor trim or flap configuration, or a extra important failure that affected the plane’s capacity to climb,’ he mentioned.
The airplane is seen descending quickly with touchdown gear deployed seconds earlier than erupting in a fireball
Firefighters work on the website of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025
Smoke trails on the scene of the crash
Rescuers work on the website of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state
Individuals collect close to the wreckage the place an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane crashed
‘Climate, windshear and even chook strike cannot be dominated out both at this early stage.’
Preliminary flight monitoring knowledge from flightradar24 reveals the airplane reached an altitude of simply 625ft after takeoff – a top far under normal for a industrial plane a number of minutes into departure.
Captain Saurabh Bhatnagar, a former senior pilot, advised NDTV that circulating footage exhibiting the airplane’s terrifying descent ‘regarded like a case of a number of chook hits whereby each the engines have misplaced energy’.
‘The takeoff was excellent,’ he mentioned. ‘And simply, I imagine, in need of taking the gear up, the plane began descending, which may occur solely in case the engine loses energy or the plane stops growing carry.’
Aviation skilled Sanjay Lazar famous that the Dreamliner was solely 11 years outdated, so was unlikely to have underlying technical points. The airplane was below the command of Captain Summeet Sabharwal, who had 8,200 hours of expertise.
A chook strike ‘would clarify why the plane didn’t have the ability to carry,’ he mentioned. ‘If there have been a number of chook hits on take-off, it most likely couldn’t have gone past the 6-7 minute threshold and began falling.’
In pilots’ boards, aviation specialists mentioned that it sounded just like the airplane’s Ram Air Turbine (RAT), an emergency wind turbine, had been deployed shortly earlier than the crash.
