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BA 777, lands "just a little short"
BA 777, lands "just a little short"
To our British members........what the heck happened with this one?
any landing you walk away from..........
any landing you walk away from..........
-Mike G.
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Here some other shots
http://www.corriere.it/gallery/Cronache ... athrow/1&1
http://www.corriere.it/gallery/Cronache ... athrow/1&1
I'm reading from some other pilot forums that the "latest" is that the aircraft suffered a dual engine failure about 400 ft. AGL.
There's really only two things that would cause that, fuel starvation (unlikely they would both fail at the same time) or bird strikes.
With all the spotters out there these days, wonder if anyone has any video of this?
post accident video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2uarAnyhzw
There's really only two things that would cause that, fuel starvation (unlikely they would both fail at the same time) or bird strikes.
With all the spotters out there these days, wonder if anyone has any video of this?
post accident video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2uarAnyhzw
-Mike G.
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Well guys, at the moment, there is not even an internal unofficial rumour as to what happened. Just Willie Walsh praising the crew for getting everybody off safely.
I was in T5 at the time so I missed the action, but from an IM standpoint we are fairly confident that we can rule out a network glitch .
I was in T5 at the time so I missed the action, but from an IM standpoint we are fairly confident that we can rule out a network glitch .
Steve
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There have been loads of rumours in the media, but nothing internally yet.
There were passengers interviewed for the News who said that they did think that the landing was bumpy, but the first time that they were aware that anything was wrong was when the oxygen masks dropped down.
There were passengers interviewed for the News who said that they did think that the landing was bumpy, but the first time that they were aware that anything was wrong was when the oxygen masks dropped down.
Steve
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Well here's the initial investigative report. Definetely rules out complete fuel starvation but doesn't explain why the engines did not respond to throttle command.
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/latest_news/ ... report.cfm
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/latest_news/ ... report.cfm
-Mike G.
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Here's the new runway lighting system they are installing specifically for Speedbird pilots at Heathrow.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~eikelman/temp/LHRhereNOThere.gif
http://www.xs4all.nl/~eikelman/temp/LHRhereNOThere.gif
-Mike G.
Recovering flight sim addict, constant lurker.
Check out my real life RV-8 build here: RV-8 Builder Log
Recovering flight sim addict, constant lurker.
Check out my real life RV-8 build here: RV-8 Builder Log