😳 REVEALED: A passenger on Air India Flight 171 says they spotted strange holes on the cabin floor — just days before the crash. They reported it… but no one came to inspect. Now, with hundreds dead, that chilling detail is resurfacing. Was this a warning sign that got ignored — or something far worse?

Investigators now believe that the Air India plane crash could have been caused by the aircraft running on emergency power.

A total of 270 people, including all but one of the 242 passengers on board, died last Thursday when the Boeing Dreamliner plane plummeted to the ground in Ahmedabad, India after just 40 seconds in the air. Authorities have since launched a probe into what caused the crash – and are now said to have found evidence that an emergency generator may have the aircraft’s primary power source at the time it went down. One leading theory is that the plane suffered a dual engine failure, though what triggered this is yet to be determined.

Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, India last week, killing at least 270 people ( 
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The reported activation of an emergency generator, known as a ram air turbine, could suggest that there were problems with the engines at the time the plane took off.

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It comes after British families of Air India crash victims were said to be facing “pain and frustration” over delays in the identification and repatriation of their relatives.

Relatives of Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara Nanabawa, who died in the crash, said they felt “utterly abandoned” by the UK Government and called for more support on the ground in India.

A spokesman for the family, who lived in Gloucester, said they had to make appointments to see consular staff 20 minutes away in a hotel in Ahmedabad while their loved ones “lie unidentified in an overstretched and under-resourced hospital.”

Investigators are now examining the wreckage to determine the cause of the crash ( 
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Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer told the Commons that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) had set up its reception centre at a hotel close to the airport “because we thought that would be the best place to receive British nationals rather than the hospital where, tragically, there are no living British nationals”.

He added: “But we keep these questions under review, as I know from my own experience in tragedies like this, it is difficult to get the assistance that British nationals need right first time, and we will learn lessons as each step goes through.”

Among the Britons believed to have been on the Gatwick-bound flight was Arjun Patoliya, who had flown to Gujarat from London to scatter the ashes of his wife, Bharti.

Others included radiologist Dr Prateek Joshi, from Derby, and sisters Dhir and Heer Baxi, couple Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, and Raxa Modha, Rudra Modha and K Mistri, from Wellingborough.

UK air accident investigators are in India and are assisting the Indian authorities, the Government said.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “Our staff continue to work around the clock in the UK and India to support the families and loved ones of all those impacted by the crash.

“We have set up a reception centre at the Ummed Hotel, near the Ahmedabad airport, and have a dedicated helpline to provide support and advice for the families and friends of British nationals – friends or family should call 020 7008 5000.

“If you are in India, you should call +91 (11) 24192100 for support, including through in-person consular staff who are available to support families of British nationals, including accompanying them to the hospital.

“Furthermore, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has deployed an investigation team to support the Indian-led investigation on the ground, and UK forensic experts are there to support the consular response.”