Hot conditions prior to take off could have triggered vapor lock and loss of power in Air India AI 171, consequently its crash

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The hot conditions at noon time reaching over 100 degrees Fahrenheit could have caused a vapor lock that caused compression stall leading to loss of thrust, a video theorized today.

It could have been similar to the explosion of TWA flight explosion of 1996 which similarly sat out a hot condition at the tarmac.    TWA explosion of 1996   The TWA explosion might have been triggered by the operations of the air conditioning;     the Air India vapor lock by lack of air conditioning.  But it was the hot afternoon that could have been the cause.  

No pilot error, no too early retraction of flaps, no late retraction of landing gear.  No Boeing manufacturing faults.   Just that too hot conditions for fuel leading to vapor lock leading to compression stall, engine failures.   AOG....  

TWA flight 800 breaks up after take off

Can we stop take offs when conditions are hot.   It also causes the loss of lift due to less dense air molecules.   

Air India Flight 141 crashed while taking off from India to UK; may the soul of the victims rest in peace

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Condolence to the family of the victims.  Nothing could replace the loss!

Air India Flight 141 bound for UK from Ahmedabad India crashed while taking off,  What could have been the cause, as speculated by experts:?

1.  Bird strike

2.  Pilot error   - why were the landing gears not retracted, were the flaps not extended;

3.  Catastrophic engine failure

4.  Bird strike

More than 290 perished;  241 from the plane (there was one survivor) and the rest from the ground. The plane crashed on a hostel where medical students were staying.

(It should be made unlawful not to have housing along the flight path of planes taking off or landing (as in the case of NAIA.   Heritage Memorial Park iis along the landing path of airplanes   

US resumes issuing student visas to foreign students after federal judge blocks the ban

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A federal judge has blocked the ban by Pres. Trump to process student visas.   So the state department has ordered the issuance of visa to said foreign students.

Will the frequent flyers avoid riding Air India or Boeing Dreamliner in view of recent crash?

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 There was an unexplained crash of a Boeing Dreamliner  Flight 171 while taking off from Ahmedabad airport. There seems to be just one survivor 242 crew and passenger.  Many more died from the ground ie the hostel where medical students were staying.     The plane was bound from India to UK Gatwick airport.

There are many speculations as to why the plane crashed.:   bird strike, catastrophic engine failure, flaps not set at correct setting for take off., airplane issues from Boeing.  We will only know the correct reason after complete investigation.   The blackbox has been recovered.  

  This post hopes that this not affect the opening of Air India routes from Manila to India. And or fear flying all together

Has Xi Jinping resigned from top CCP position due to illness

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Xi is not publicly seen for a while?  Has he resigned reportedly due to illness;   or was he removed.  Other posts suggest the latter due to negative results in China.   

What do you think?

Is this good for the world?  Is this good for China?  Is this good for USA?

Trump bans international students from enrolling at Harvard

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In his latest move, Pres DT has banned international students from enrolling at Harvard.

Is this related to his previous conflict with Harvard?

Is this directed towards Chinese, or the daughter of Xi?

Why is DT micromanaging even the educational system?

Is this good for America?  Is this good for the world?

Wont there a backlash from the academic community, and/or influential Harvard grads

More troops sent to LA to quell protests, maintain peace

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Trump sends 700 Marines, 2,000 National Guard to LA to quell disorder and restore peace.

Why did this protest start in the first place?

Is this event adding fuel to the cause of the Governor?

Has DT lost the love of his supporters?       

Musk and Trump feud, how will it affect Trump governance and USA

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This post certainly it would not affect USA (and the rest of the world) but with threats that are not empty, Musk would certainly lose.   All ready TESLA stock prices have plunged by billions, with Trump promising cutting off contracts and subsidies.   

We pray this all ends - well.  

Senate remands impeachment complaint to Congress after forming the impeachment court

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Sen Bato de la Rosa (now called Batorney by Sen Alan Cayetano, prompted the formation of the impeachment court.  His motionn was to dismiss the impeachment complaint due to perceived constitutional infirmity.  It was thought to be better of taken up in impeachment court, which the Senate did.

In Sen Cayetanos speech, he deemed it proper to amend Sen de la Rosa motion to read as remanding the impeachment complaint and to fulfill the two conditions:

     1.  To confirm that there are no constitutional infirmities;  (there is - that there were 4 complaints filed in 2025)

     2.   That the 20th Congress will continue pursuing the complaint.

(How can they do that before the June 30th deadline that Sen Tolentino proposed? And that the 20th Congress has not been properly convened)

     To my mind, the motion which was approved by 18 senators (5 against by minority:     Pimentel Hontiveros, Binay, Poe Gatchalian) effectively set obstacles for the conduct of impeachment complaint.

Or worse, effectively dismissed the complaint.           

Pope Leo XIV reforming the Roman Catholic church - quietly

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What is going to happen to FPRRD who won the elections while incarcerated at the Hague prison?

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Many are optimistic that  the former President will be set free on the basis of argument of lack of jurisdiction by ICC, the Philippines having withdrawn from the said body in 2019.   He also won the mayoralty election in Davao City despite the charges that are being tried in the Hague.

But as the days pass, this post is not optimistic of his release.

What do you think?

Complaint vs P40K one way ticket Tacloban Manila

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Rep. Richard Gomez has complained to DOTR Sec Vince Dizon about the outrageous P40,000 one way ticket Manila Tacloban.  Of course, tickets to Tacloban are high because of the closure of San Juanico bridge to heavy vehicles (which include buses)

It this the halt to the Nautical Highway?   Travel from Luzon to Samar Leyte is effectively crippled.

But can airlines charge that much?  Or is it just profiteering by the ticket outlet?

We know the character of peopel when times are tough...

Will there be an impeachment trial at the Senate for VP Sara?

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SP Escudero postponed the presentation of impeachment charges vs VP Sarah Duterte to June 11 from June 2 yesterday raising the possibility of the impeachment trial reaching into the 20th Congress.   On June 14, the Senate session ends sine die, and it is possible that Senate wraps up all its business for the 19th Congress.

Sen Hontiveros said that this can be carried over.  (If its sine die including the impeachment trial, new impeachment case has to be filed which is not allowed under the constitution.

What shall it be?  Others said that this a lost cause for impeachment.

What do you think?