New footage of doomed Air India flight ‘shows cause of crash' before jet plummeted to the ground killing 241 passengers
A BOMBSHELL new video proves what caused the Air India plane to crash and burn just after takeoff, an aviation expert has claimed.
Meanwhile, the second black box containing key cockpit voice recordings has been found - expected to reveal the pilots' panic as the plane went down.
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The "game-changer" new footage clearly shows the plane sinking through the sky more clearly and exploding in a fireball, killing all but one of the 242 passengers.
It proves that the Boeing 787 lost power immediately after takeoff, according to commercial airline pilot Steve Schreiber,
He says it reveals the Dreamliner suffered a "dual engine failure" before the worst aviation disaster in more than a decade.
Initially the analyst, known as Captain Steve, believed a simple error in the cockpit was to blame, possible related to the landing gear which did not retract.
But after reviewing the HD clip, Steve is convinced that something caused both of the engines to cut out.
He pointed out a "protrusion on the belly of the aircraft", underneath which is a "little grey dot".
Steve claimed this is evidence of the Ram Access Turbine (RAT) deploying on the plane.
He said: "Many aeroplanes have it. It is just behind the wing on the right side of the aeroplane, there is a little door that holds it in.
"It looks like a little Evinrude motor, it's a little two bladed prop.
"The purpose is to provide electrical and hydraulic pressure for the aircraft on an extreme emergency."
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Steve explained there are three things which could cause the RAT to deploy on a 787: "A massive electrical failure, a massive hydraulic failure, or a dual engine failure."
He also explained that RAT make a "distinctive sound" like a single-propeller plane, which can be heard in the video.
Steve concluded: "It is evidence for us it was dual engine failure, most likely. It could have been electrical issue, it could have been hydraulic issue, it could have been either one of that.
"But I think the fact the aeroplane is mushing out the sky gives the idea it was a dual engine failure."
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