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Aus dem AvHerald.com:
..."On Apr 12th 2026 the Safety Matters Foundation of India published the results of photogrammetric assessment of the photo, contained in the preliminary report by the AAIB and showing the aircraft over the runway with the RAT already fully deployed. The assessment shows, the photo was taken at 08:08:41 UTC, before the fuel switches transitioned to CUTOFF. This in turn, applying the published time of 2 seconds (which probably reduced by the airstream to 1.5 seconds) from the signal to deploy to actually the RAT reaching the fully extended position, means the RAT deployed at the latest at 08:08:39.5 UTC, half a second after liftoff and 2.5 seconds before both fuel switches transitioned to CUTOFF. The Safety Matters foundation thus states:
The central finding: the photograph was taken at 08:08:41.0 UTC. The 787 RAT needs approximately 1.5 seconds of mechanical free-fall and lock-down after the release command, so the RAT was commanded by 08:08:39.5 UTC — 2.5 seconds BEFORE the 08:08:42 fuel cutoff recorded by the EAFR. Whatever triggered the RAT logic — dual-engine rollback, loss of both AC buses, or total hydraulic loss — that trigger activated before the fuel was cut. The cause cannot come after the effect."...