[Report Published] BA2276 LAS-LGW B772 G-VIIO aircraft fire Las Vegas airport
Sep 8, 2015, 6:36 pm
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Nothing you want with your wings loaded with fuel though but no reason to assume it is even close to a write off. Unless it was something completely different of course... Speculation. It is the bread and butter of the InterWeb.
Sep 8, 2015, 6:37 pm
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Not sure why you suggest that the aircraft is not airworthy. It may or may not be, but I haven't found any photos to suggest that damage to the airframe is anything other than smoke. Could simply be a case of swap the engine, give it a good cleaning, and return to service. Or it could be that the engine fire caused actual damage to the airframe. We'll know soon.
Sep 8, 2015, 6:38 pm
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Not sure why you suggest that the aircraft is not airworthy. It may or may not be, but I haven't found any photos to suggest that damage to the airframe is anything other than smoke. Could simply be a case of swap the engine, give it a good cleaning, and return to service. Or it could be that the engine fire caused actual damage to the airframe. We'll know soon.
Sep 8, 2015, 6:38 pm
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+1 for all the praise comments for the LGW crew. Excellent job done by the initial looks of things.
Being the 20th anniversary of the tragic MAN British Airtours runway fire, I expect some comparisons to be drawn in the press probably - hopefully very positive ones too given the outcome of the fire here.
Being the 20th anniversary of the tragic MAN British Airtours runway fire, I expect some comparisons to be drawn in the press probably - hopefully very positive ones too given the outcome of the fire here.
Sep 8, 2015, 6:40 pm
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Luckily there was a journalist on board....
https://twitter.com/JacobSteinberg
From the other pplace...
Love British crisis communication. 
https://twitter.com/JacobSteinberg
From the other pplace...
Pax on the news just then saying that it happened before the takeoff roll, captain came on and said "suffered a catastrophic engine failure, probably won't be going anywhere"..
Sep 8, 2015, 6:42 pm
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Sep 8, 2015, 6:43 pm
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Sep 8, 2015, 6:45 pm
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Best video I have seen
Like you would expect with a compressor stall caused fire, it was already going out before the fire trucks came to finish the job. The pax are fun to watch again.
Like you would expect with a compressor stall caused fire, it was already going out before the fire trucks came to finish the job. The pax are fun to watch again.
Sep 8, 2015, 6:49 pm
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Sep 8, 2015, 6:51 pm
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Is there an ATC feed anywhere?
Major
to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.
Will this plane be written off?
Major
to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.Will this plane be written off?
Sep 8, 2015, 6:54 pm
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Is there an ATC feed anywhere?
Major to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.
Will this plane be written off?
Major
to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.Will this plane be written off?
1, yes someone posted it upthread
2. I'd do the same.
3. far too soon to tell
Sep 8, 2015, 6:55 pm
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Is there an ATC feed anywhere?
Major to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.
Will this plane be written off?
Major
to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.Will this plane be written off?
Sep 8, 2015, 6:58 pm
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Upthread somewhere.
And thereby creating your own problems. Here is how it looks from the inside...
Maybe not as fast as you think....
Don't think so, unless it was about to be replaced.
Major to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.
to the morons with their hand luggage. If I was trying to get off the plane and was being held for even microsecond b/c of someone trying to get their bag I would push them right down the aisle and call them every word in the book.
Maybe not as fast as you think....
Will this plane be written off?
Sep 8, 2015, 7:05 pm
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Upthread somewhere.
And thereby creating your own problems. Here is how it looks from the inside...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Say8F39QkI
Maybe not as fast as you think....
Don't think so, unless it was about to be replaced.
And thereby creating your own problems. Here is how it looks from the inside...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Say8F39QkI
Maybe not as fast as you think....
Don't think so, unless it was about to be replaced.