Ahmedabad Plane Crash: A passenger who flew to Ahmedabad from Delhi on the same Air India flight that crashed into a resident doctors’ mess has shared some uncomfortable details about the aircraft. Akash Vatsa claimed that the AC wasn’t functioning, nor were the call lights for the flight attendants. The in-flight entertainment system was also not non-functional, suggesting a possible fault in the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which descended at -475 ft per minute after taking off from Runway 23.

“I was in the same damn flight 2 hours before it took off from Ahmedabad,” said Vatsa, who was sitting on seat 25A, on X (formerly Twitter). 

He added, “I came in this from DEL-AMD. Noticed unusual things in the place.”

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Vatsa said that he made the video intending to tag Air India later and hold them accountable. 

The video opens to show the ill-fated Air India flight taxiing. As the video goes on, Vatsa mentions that the AC inside the flight is not working, and pans the camera to show several people fanning themselves using the magazines kept inside the flight.

“Look everywhere. So many people are using these magazines,” he can be heard saying in the video. 

Next, he shows the in-flight entertainment system, which was also not functioning. He attempts to use the touch screen but is unable to select any of the displayed options.

“Neither this button for calling the cabin crew is working,” he adds, repeatedly pressing the button to show that it is unresponsive.

He then made a very disturbing claim: “Nothing is working. Nothing,” before adding, “Not even the lights are working.”

He then went on to ask, “Is this what you’re providing?”

All 242 passengers, including former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, have been declared dead. There were two pilots and 10 flight attendants. They have also been declared dead. Moments before the crash, the pilot gave a “mayday” call to ATC – the highest-level of distress call from an aircraft. However, no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC.