Plane Landed short at Heathrow

[munky]

Olf said:

GolfGT_Girl said:

I dont need to view bbc news just need to read pheads!

You need to sell your BA shares NOW.

actually BA shares are up 4p on the day, compared to the ftse100 which is down 15 points

[TIGA84]

SpencerO said:

"Just missing the roof of my cab"

Yeah, ok mate. I'm pretty sure it was more than 5ft off the ground when it went over.............

[toomuchbeer]

Olf said:

kiwisr said:

juice said:

Oh FFS - Sky news just mentioned "Terrorism"

Just listening on my airband radio - there was a scuffle in the cockpit.

They shouldn't be playing musical instruments and flying. Thats ridiculous.

[Olf]

munky said:

Olf said:

GolfGT_Girl said:

I dont need to view bbc news just need to read pheads!

You need to sell your BA shares NOW.

actually BA shares are up 4p on the day, compared to the ftse100 which is down 15 points

Yep but she doens't need to know that. How do you expect to profit from a share price collapse if you tell her it's ok?

[fatboy b]

kiwisr said:

juice said:

Oh FFS - Sky news just mentioned "Terrorism"

Just listening on my airband radio - there was a scuffle in the cockpit.

Probably the pilots arguing whose turn it was to put the wheels down

[hugoagogo]

well, after this I'm never flying with BA again


last time he kept shouting "I ain't gettin on no plane, fool!"

[Olf]

A passenger on the crashed BA flight from China said the landing had been wheelie bad.

[RDE]

hugoagogo said:

well, after this I'm never flying with BA again


last time he kept shouting "I ain't gettin on no plane, fool!"

Gets funnier every time I hear it

[Famous Graham]

gah...typed post on poxy phone and tony locks the thread. Git
one runway now open for landing circling planes. BA cancelling all short haul flights.

[ALawson]

Quite a large number of aircraft backing up on the taxiways now. Its going to be an interesting afternoon.



No sign of the taxi!

[munky]

Olf said:

munky said:

Olf said:

GolfGT_Girl said:

I dont need to view bbc news just need to read pheads!

You need to sell your BA shares NOW.

actually BA shares are up 4p on the day, compared to the ftse100 which is down 15 points

Yep but she doens't need to know that. How do you expect to profit from a share price collapse if you tell her it's ok?

[speedchick]

Listening to the witness on the M4 (?) that BBC were interviewing... he heard it crash, heard the pilot switch off the thrust reversers and then it turned 90 degrees.

WTF??? you don't engage reverse thrust until your a$$ is ont he ground, and I am pretty sure that TRs would have been the last thing that the pilot was worried about when his engines are buried in the grass!

[Eric Mc]

It does seem he was desparate to get the plane down quickly, so it looks like he had some sort of inflight emergency. I reckon he was starting to lose control and just about got it down before all control was lost. It certainly was a heavy landing as it looks like the port undercarriage has ben driven right through the wing.

[NikB]

BAA website said:

Incident at Heathrow

We can confirm that a BA038 flight arriving from Beijing carried out an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport today at 12.42. All passengers have been evacuated and emergency services were at the scene immediately. The airport's southern runway is currently closed, but the northern runway is still in operation.

We will update this message regularly. In the meantime, passengers are advised to contact their airline before leaving for the airport.

[trooperiziz]

ALawson said:

Quite a large number of aircraft backing up on the taxiways now. Its going to be an interesting afternoon.



No sign of the taxi!

No wonder it crashed, there's a bloody great big tree on the runway.

[Silverbullet767]

The pilot, shown earlier today




WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[TonyHetherington]

Famous Graham said:

gah...typed post on poxy phone and tony locks the thread. Git
one runway now open for landing circling planes. BA cancelling all short haul flights.

Sorry dude, this one had more posts which is the fairest way

You on the plane at the moment on the runway?

[anonymous-user]

Olf said:

kiwisr said:

juice said:

Oh FFS - Sky news just mentioned "Terrorism"

Just listening on my airband radio - there was a scuffle in the cockpit.

They shouldn't be playing musical instruments and flying. Thats ridiculous.

Great now I can't get that scene from Airplane! out of my head

[Olf]

RDE said:

Olf said:

A passenger on the crashed BA flight from China said the landing had been wheelie bad.

I bet she had been hoping for a pleasant fright.

(I'm really sorry)

Just checked out BBC China headline: Prane Clash at Heathlow

Edited by Olf on Thursday 17th January 13:45

[Puggit]

Come on Graham - where are your photos...