Heathrow closed : 16:30hrs 12 July '13 - [Empty plane fire, parked Ethiopian B787]
Jul 12, 2013, 10:06 am
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Heathrow closed : 16:30hrs 12 July '13 - [Empty plane fire, parked Ethiopian B787]
Is there some problem at LHR at the moment? I am in the GF lounge and nothing is moving at the runway. I can see 10 queued and a ba narrow body jet of some sort on the runway been this way for ay least 15mins
Jul 12, 2013, 10:11 am
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someone's tweeted a pic of the plane -
https://twitter.com/DaPakiGuy/status...943234/photo/1
https://twitter.com/DaPakiGuy/status...943234/photo/1
Jul 12, 2013, 10:12 am
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Both Runways closed (no fire cover) - Ethopian 788 apparently had a fire; although some reports say it was on the ground. Am sure this will develop.
Jul 12, 2013, 10:12 am
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No movement at LHR
In the flounge at T5 and looking out of the windows there is big queue of aircraft waiting to take off and nothing landing. Anyone know what is going on?
Jul 12, 2013, 10:17 am
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Since the pic show the plane near a terminal building, I'm a bit surprised they've closed the runways.
Or is that just standard procedure?
Or is that just standard procedure?