Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot with more than 8,200 hours in the cockpit, was at the controls when his Boeing 787 Dreamliner lost thrust seconds after lifting off from Ahmedabad airport

The captain was reportedly a few months from retirement.

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot with more than 8,200 hours in the cockpit, was at the controls when his Boeing 787 Dreamliner lost thrust seconds after lifting off from…

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kunder placed a mayday call, but they had little over a minute after takeoff before the fatal crash occurred