06/12/2025June 12, 2025
Crash is a ‘major, catastrophic disaster’ — aviation expert tells DW
DW News has spoken to Julian Bray, an aviation expert from the UK, who said his initial impression of the incident “doesn’t look good.”
Bray said the incident appears to be a “major, catastrophic disaster,” and that his thoughts were with all those affected.
“There are emergency teams on site and trying to find out exactly what did happen and how it happened,” Bray said.
Analyzing available footage of the crash, Bray said “we see a white puff of smoke near the engine area … then almost immediately, we see a fireball behind a group of houses.”
“It appears to be a puff of smoke coming from an engine before it starts its rapid descent, and then we see the fireball. So something has happened at 625 feet, and the pilot was able to get a mayday call out so he was aware of something,” Bray explained, adding that the content of that call is as yet unknown.
He said initial reports suggest the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had crashed into a building next to a hospital.
“At the moment, it’s a search and rescue operation, which means that they are hoping to rescue survivors,” Bray explained, adding that “we have had survivors from this type of incident before.”
But, he added, “the initial videos are not good.”
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