Plane Landed short at Heathrow

[MK4 Slowride]

Silverbullet767 said:

The pilot, shown earlier today




WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I thought Civpilot was a bit quiet today.

Not seen a pic of him before.

[Tonto]

Symbolica said:

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?

It's a pain in the arse really, the wings get in the way so you have to reverse it up to the pump

Apparently 25% of pilots STILL taxi up to the fuel pump on the left, forgetting that the flap is on the right.

[rhinochopig]

RDE said:

An aircraft is 50 miles away from the nearest airport at 17,000ft, flying at 300mph. If it has an engine failure and descends at 2,000ft per minute, can it make the airport.

I guess the answer was no then after all

[thegman]

maybe the pilot was trying to see if he could land on a conveyor belt, placed just shy of the runway by the brainiac crew

Edited by thegman on Thursday 17th January 13:59

[Oakey]

Timberwolf said:

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.

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.

I would so go to see that film. You are Michal Bay, I claim my £5.

[Hereward]

I really hope it turns out that the pilot performed heroically to get the plane down in one piece rather than this simply being a pilot f*ck up.

[Tonto]

TIGA84 said:

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.............

Apparently there's a Taxi rank on the end of the south runway. Madness I say.

[Eric Mc]

A passenger off this plane stated on Radio 5 Live that there was no in-flight emergency anouncement. I think it just went all wrong on the final approach, for whatever reason, and they just thumped it way too hard onto the ground.

[ewenm]

Tonto said:

TIGA84 said:

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.............

Apparently there's a Taxi rank on the end of the south runway. Madness I say.

He knew the plane would land short and was ready to pick up a fare...

It's all a conspiracy by the taxi drivers! Oh yes.

[crikey]

Andy Zarse said:

Crikey, that's terrible. I can only hope my ex-wife was on board.

I hardly see how I can be held responsible.....

[trooperiziz]

TonyHetherington said:

Long time on the plane then buddy! Leave the car at the airport and get some booze down you

Just get hammered, you'll be sobered up by the time you get off your plane anyway

[mrmr96]

BBC News said:

"I could see that the shoots were deployed very quickly and people were coming down on that.

Chutes anyone?

[skeggysteve]

Looking at the pictures on BBC News 24 now and you can see the marks on the grass. Looks like it was very close to landing on the road outside the airport.

[Puggit]

sky news said:

The Prime Minister's flight has left the airport safely.

[MK4 Slowride]

crikey said:

Andy Zarse said:

Crikey, that's terrible. I can only hope my ex-wife was on board.

I hardly see how I can be held responsible.....

[dilbert]

Eric Mc said:

A passenger off this plane stated on Radio 5 Live that there was no in-flight emergency anouncement. I think it just went all wrong on the final approach, for whatever reason, and they just thumped it way too hard onto the ground.

I don't think that is the case.....

I've just heard a guy saying that the pilot banked hard onto the approach, very close to the airfield. I don't think the plane was intending to land. Much more like a "go round". This guy was also saying that the engines were making an abnormal ammount of noise before he landed. The reason he saw the whole thing was that the plane attracted his attention by making so much noise.

[glazbagun]

Timberwolf said:

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.

"McCann Parents Exclusive- Accuse authorities of Diana Inquiry coverup"

[Eric Mc]

A cabbie driving along the Southern Perimeter Road said it cleared the roof of his taxi by about 15 feet and cleared the perimeter fence by about 5 feet. This was very close to being a major disaster.

[NikB]

Looks like the fuselage didn't remain intact:

[dealmaker]

So let's say you were on the plane and got off safely - the furore dies down and you get back into normal life.......what do British Airaws do to compensate you for not completing your journey in it's entirety and for the distress etc?? Do you think they will give you another free return trip...or "in flight duty free vouchers" or something?

Just wondering if there are 300 passengers right now on the blower to ambulancechasersareus.com "been in an accident?...Not your fault?...then call us....."

Edited by dealmaker on Thursday 17th January 14:14