An aviation safety consultant's take on what may have led to Air India's deadly crash

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM EDT

Thursday’s deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad saw just one sole survivor walk away. Little is known about what caused the plane to fail to lift after takeoff, but authorities have recovered one of the flight data recorders from the wreckage.

We hear from Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, about what may have led to the aviation disaster.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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