Plane Landed short at Heathrow
Discussion
Eric Mc said:
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.
I was thinking it was a little unusual, anyway. Normally pilots just overshoot the runway when theyre screwing it up, or land heavily & bounce. Glad he wasnt trying it in LCY (OK, not in a 777 
)ETA: is it a direct flight from China, or did it make a stop on the way?
Edited by glazbagun on Thursday 17th January 13:47
Oakey said:
Big Rod said:
I reckon it's run out of fuel.
The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
Do pilots fill these things up themselves then?The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
Oakey said:
Big Rod said:
I reckon it's run out of fuel.
The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
Do pilots fill these things up themselves then?The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
It's a pain in the arse really, the wings get in the way so you have to reverse it up to the pump
Oakey said:
Big Rod said:
I reckon it's run out of fuel.
The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
Do pilots fill these things up themselves then?The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
They do have the responsibility of determining how much fuel they'll need depending on their flightpath and conditions and I remember reading a story about a Laker, (I think!!), pilot who had to pay for the fuel himself off his credit card as the company had no credit with the vendors once.
Edited by Big Rod on Thursday 17th January 13:51
Oakey said:
Big Rod said:
I reckon it's run out of fuel.
The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
Do pilots fill these things up themselves then?The pilot's either done really well to get it so close to the mark if those were the circumstances or he's been a pillock and not put enough kerosene in the thing.
To me it looks likely the aircraft was on the glide slope and lost power maybe its flight control computers failed or (much more likely) it was the First Officers "landing" and he/she retarded the throttles a little early causing the aircraft to slow/drop before the runway threshold and not enough time was left for the engines to spool back up.........i expect the Captain gave them a good cuff around the ear when they stopped.You can see where the gear hit the grass and caused a couple trenches pretty much confirming that the aircraft was on course just a tadge low,damage seems contained to gear and engines the main fuselage looks pretty well intact ,wing didn"t detach just looked that way from the camera angle.The one time the hostees earned their money,and everyone had really wished they had paid attention to the safety brief.
Edited by fflyingdog on Thursday 17th January 13:58
iamlofi said:
Big rod . . one of my mrs's planes had to make an unscheduled stop at an air port where they had no agreement with the vendor of fuel . . they have a company card they just stick it on
Maybe that was it, but I was sure in that case it was because the airline had no money.Meh!
Still the pilot's responsibility though.
Apparently passengers were warned of this well in advance, so was a 'planned' emergency landing, I would be buying lottery tickets if I were them, this could have been a disaster.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviat...
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviat...
Edited by kiwisr on Thursday 17th January 13:55
glazbagun said:
I hate the news when stuff like this happens. Anything that can be summed up in a sentence (like most accidents/disasters), and 24HR news channels will spend hours repeating the same sentence, with the dumbest commentary possible.
speedchick said:
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.
Starting already?Probably be like that coach crash a while back; by the time we get to the evening news "eyewitness reports" will tell us that the pilot was fighting terrorist alligators in the cockpit using plastic spoons from the inflight meal, it was approaching the runway upside-down and going backwards at nine hundred miles per hour, the engines were on fire and it just fell out of the sky as it crossed the perimeter fence, probably due to climate change preventing the air from generating any lift.
Then when people start pointing out that none of these things are actually possible, let alone likely, they'll quietly drop it and drag up some 11 year-old story again.
kiwisr said:
Apparently passengers were warned of this well in advance, so was a 'planned' emergency landing, I would be buying lottery tickets if I were them, this could have been a disaster.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviat...
Witness on the plane on Radio 5 said he was totally unaware.http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviat...
Edited by kiwisr on Thursday 17th January 13:55
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