Popping / banging noise from 747?

[DanL]

Curiosity has got the better of me, and I’m sure someone on this forum will know! I live in Windsor, and a BA 747 has just come over to land - nothing unusual there. However, it was making a number of pops or bangs as it came overhead, quite a lot like you’d hear from a car if it backfires.

Any idea what might have been happening? Flight radar tells me it was G-CIVK from Denver to Heathrow.

[pushthebutton]

Possibly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yjEbuc7Hqw

[anonymous-user]

I would st myself thin if I ever experienced that.

[DanL]

pushthebutton said:

Possibly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yjEbuc7Hqw

Think it must have been - thanks! I’d have been rather concerned if I was on board, but looks like it’s nothing to worry about too much...

[silverfoxcc]

Not viewed the vid ,but could it have been a bird strike?

Remember that US plane that cooked a few coming out of Heathrow 1-2 years ago?

That was popping and banging quite well

[texaxile]

Loud exhaust innit...

seriously, I'd probably crap myself as well. I'm ot the world's best passenger on a plane, this would do little to help my nerves...

[C0ffin D0dger]

Pilot accidentally turned on the anti-lag

[alangla]

Looks like someone else has noticed it, but still no real detail - https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/620268-baw-218...

[DanL]

That's certainly the one, will keep an eye on the thread you linked to.

[Zad]

Anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

[DanL]

Zad said:

Anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

Yep, certainly that sort of sound. Was around 1,000 feet up - do birds go that high? If so, it’s a likely candidate!

[Mave]

DanL said:

ep, certainly that sort of sound. Was around 1,000 feet up - do birds go that high? If so, it’s a likely candidate!

Yep, bird strike is still a risk at 1000 ft

[Zad]

Flight 1549's (the one that landed on the Hudson) bird strike happened at around 3,000ft