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Dual-engine thrust loss in airline accidents

Official investigators identified dual-engine thrust loss in 3 of the incidents we cover, from 2008 to 2025. Each account explains how it arose in that case. A shared topic does not mean the same cause.

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Dual-engine thrust loss incident summary
DateFlightAircraftLocationFatalitiesReport status
12 June 2025Air India Flight 171Boeing 787-8Not stated260: 241 aboard and 19 on the groundLEVEL 2 Preliminary findings
15 January 2009US Airways Flight 1549Airbus A320-214Hudson River near Weehawken, New JerseyNo fatalitiesLEVEL 3 Final report
17 January 2008British Airways Flight 38Boeing 777-236ERLondon Heathrow, short of Runway 27LNo fatalitiesLEVEL 3 Final report
Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANB with its landing gear extended at London Heathrow.The incident aircraft: Wally H.

Air India Flight 171

A Boeing 787-8 lost thrust shortly after liftoff from Ahmedabad and struck buildings beyond the airport.

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LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings

Recovered Flight 1549 fuselage on a low-loader beside a truck on a New Jersey road.Recovery of the aircraft after the ditching: Anthony Quintano

US Airways Flight 1549

A bird encounter left almost no engine thrust, and the Hudson became the landing site.

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LEVEL 3 Final report

British Airways 777 on grass at Heathrow after Flight 38, with an evacuation slide deployed and debris nearby.Aftermath photograph: Marc-Antony Payne

British Airways Flight 38

Ice in the fuel system restricted thrust from both engines during the final approach to Heathrow.

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LEVEL 3 Final report

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Pending final reports