Plane Landed short at Heathrow

[Snoggledog]

ITV suggested last night that the cause of the issue could have been pump cavitation. Interesting thought..

[pdV6]

Snoggledog said:

ITV suggested last night that the cause of the issue could have been pump cavitation. Interesting thought..

They've read the report linked above and jumped to that conclusion then, I presume?

[fatboy b]

Got this sent to me today - taken someone in the jump seat on a similar 777

Edited by fatboy b on Tuesday 11th March 13:56

[BoozyHughesy]

Maybe the other one crashed because the chap was taking pics instead of flying it! cool pic in all seriousness though

[sorrento205]

might be wise to remove the details of where the pic came from, i can imagine a witch hunt if it gets out. Newspapers love that sort of thing dont they.

[srebbe64]

fatboy b said:

Got this sent to me today - taken someone in the jump seat on a similar 777

Edited by fatboy b on Tuesday 11th March 13:56

Saved for posterity!

[sniffler]

srebbe64 said:

fatboy b said:

Got this sent to me today - taken someone in the jump seat on a similar 777

Edited by fatboy b on Tuesday 11th March 13:56

Saved for posterity!

windows blue screened plane crashed another reason to hate bill gates

[NailedOn]

Vehicles in the proximity of the Prime Minister's motorcade have experienced system blackout. Apparently, our Leader's motorcade was directly under the flightpath when the problem with the 777 happened. Could the two be related?

[Apache]

It's gone very quiet about this, there's been no interviews with the crew or anything

[Olf]

Apache said:

It's gone very quiet about this, there's been no interviews with the crew or anything

That's because it NEVER happened. Comprende?

Edited by Olf on Monday 21st April 14:03

[kiwisr]

It's probably gone quiet because they don't have a clue what happened and are still trying to figure it out.

[Eric Mc]

It normally takes at least six months for the CAA to produce a report - sometimes longer. This accident was very unusual in that early interim reports were produced - something the CAA normally never do.

I was surprised to see the hulk of the 777 still sitting forlornly at Heathrow last Thursday.

[srebbe64]

Tell you what. When there's a FBW problem, as seems to be the case, that seriously worries me! At least with a cable it has a mechanical element to it, but I don't trust computers! Some years ago I noticed a some money had been withdrawn from my bank via the ATM. However, I was out the country at the time. When I spoke to the bank they said "it's impossible your card was used on that day at that place!" It wasn't and I lost the money. A while later I noticed that a (big) bunch of money showed up mysteriously on my statement and was then duly removed a few days later. I called the bank to ask them about this and they said "computer error". I reminded them that computer errors never happen (there words not mine) but that was that. Since then, coupled with mysterious goings on with my own PC, I've never trusted computers! I don't like the idea that planes nowadays are 100% reliant on software and silicone to land and take off! In the case of the 777 at Heathrow, the fact there wasn't a fire is nothing short of a miracle (there was fuel all over the place apparently). Had the thing have 'gone up' I do wonder if there would have been a crisis of confidence in the 777. Apparently, so the rumour mill says, there have been a few incidences of 777s not responding to throttle commands.

[Ricepilot]

I've heard from a source (airport & airline related) that its been looked at that a rag had been left in the fuel tank and the fuel had broken it down and it had gone through a fuel pump (or something along those lines)

[Glassman]

Ricepilot said:

I've heard from a source (airport & airline related) that its been looked at that a rag had been left in the fuel tank and the fuel had broken it down and it had gone through a fuel pump (or something along those lines)

Something along those fuel lines?

[kiwisr]

Ricepilot said:

I've heard from a source (airport & airline related) that its been looked at that a rag had been left in the fuel tank and the fuel had broken it down and it had gone through a fuel pump (or something along those lines)

And how would that effect both engines?

[Berlin Mike]

Typical, someone nicks the filler cap and siphons off half your fuel. You put a rag in to stop dirt getting in and then this happens. Must get a locking filler cap next time

[Ricepilot]

kiwisr said:

Ricepilot said:

I've heard from a source (airport & airline related) that its been looked at that a rag had been left in the fuel tank and the fuel had broken it down and it had gone through a fuel pump (or something along those lines)

And how would that effect both engines?

No idea just reporting a rumor.

@ Glassman

[Mattt]

At least they didn't use a rag as an oil filler cap.

[Tony*T3]

Eric Mc said:

It normally takes at least six months for the CAA to produce a report - sometimes longer. This accident was very unusual in that early interim reports were produced - something the CAA normally never do.

I was surprised to see the hulk of the 777 still sitting forlornly at Heathrow last Thursday.

Usually they have a billion pieces of charcol crusted embers to reassemble into an aircraft first....