Ahmedabad Plane Crash 2025: Pilot Sumit Sabharwal’s chilling final 5-second message from the cockpit goes viral. 274 dead, black box recovered, high-level probe begins.

The Last Breath in the Sky

In a bone-chilling coincidence of time, Air India flight AI-171 commander Sumit Sabharwal had sent a voice message to Ahmedabad ATC merely five seconds before the disaster. His final words — “Mayday… Mayday… Mayday… No power… No thrust… Going down” — were not just technical notifications; they were a daredevil pilot’s last gasp as he faced death with 241 souls, and their fate, in his hands.

A Tragedy That Froze a City

The flight from Ahmedabad to London had crashed into a residential area near Meghani Nagar. In a split second, the aircraft was incinerated in a huge explosion, and nearby buildings were engulfed in flames. The result? Only 1 of the 242 passengers on board survived. 33 other people, in the wrong place at the wrong time — on the street or in their homes — were also slain. Only a single passenger, miraculously, survived.

The Message That Shook the World

What makes this crash all the more gut-wrenching is the cockpit audio that emerged three days later. In it, Sumit’s voice is both cool and urgent. Three times he repeats “Mayday,” before confirming an engine failure — and a downhill that was out of their control. The full message is under 5 seconds (only 9 words) and then, nothing.

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Hope Among the Rubble

Indeed, although the plane was devastated, on Thursday night, investigators were able to retrieve the aircraft’s black box and cockpit voice recorder. These will be the key to understanding what went on in those terrifying last moments. Oddly enough, there was a copy of the Bhagavad Gita that was found, intact, like a whisper from God out of the chaos.

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A Nation Demands Answers

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has ordered a high-level inquiry. Several national agencies, including the NIA, have begun site inspections. DNA tests are ongoing to help families identify victims. As India mourns, the question remains: What went so fatally wrong in the sky that night?

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The story may be about a crash, but the echo of those 9 words will linger in the nation’s memory far longer.