[17 Jan 2008] BA38 lands short of the runway
Jan 17, 2008, 8:35 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 8:37 am
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Well done. All the pax seem very complementary of the cabin crew. Such a good job all round.
Shouldn't be too bad - new 777 are arriving this year and with secured delivery positions on 10 more. I'm sure Boeing will help them out after a significant 777 failure. Failing that, there's Astreaus...
BBC Five Live seems to has the most coherent coverage while News 24 is interviewing a taxi driver (who are always very knowledgeable) saying he "could have lent out the window and touched it". Still, Sky were first to have the word terrorist in the ticker.
BBC Five Live seems to has the most coherent coverage while News 24 is interviewing a taxi driver (who are always very knowledgeable) saying he "could have lent out the window and touched it". Still, Sky were first to have the word terrorist in the ticker.
Jan 17, 2008, 8:37 am
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BA are the people to have around you and in charge when push comes to shove
Exactly what Bealine has always advocated when Flyertalkers complain about how rigidly we stick to the rules! You can guarantee when something happens, every man jack of us will follow the laid down procedures!
May I echo Willie Walsh's sentiments and say how proud I am of the pilots and cabin crew for managing to get the aeroplane down without injury or damage to local residents and property, and for a safe ditching and evacuation of the passengers. (I know it's not pleasant for the six who are at Hillingdon Hospital having their injuries dealt with, but they are, at least, alive to tell the tale! May they recover swiftly!)
Whilst I am very sad at seeing a beautiful aeroplane lying impotently with its slides deployed, I am at the same time proud to work alongside such fine ladies and gentlemen!
Bealine salutes you!
Jan 17, 2008, 8:39 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 8:40 am
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I would guess that even if they had wanted to, they wouldn't have had time to do this. You also wouldn't have wanted fire engines on or close to the runway with a disabled and potentially out of control aircraft with no ability to go around coming in either - so I would doubt they would have wanted to!
Jan 17, 2008, 8:40 am
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I'm suprised no eye witnesses have reported flames shooting from the engines yet. On virtually every other crash they do.
Cheers,
Rick
Jan 17, 2008, 8:42 am
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Here we go again, it's almost like taking a gamble flying BA. Either you're stuck in LHR for a few days or you're risking your life. I can't see how this "incident" is going to help their already struggling stock price, which has lost half of its value in less than a year.
Kudos to the crew for getting the flight down and everyone off with out major incident.
As for the comment above, what an idiot.
Jan 17, 2008, 8:42 am
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Rumour is that QF only did that to keep their "Never Lost a Jet" safety record. It cost them more to fix than the plane was worth.
Jan 17, 2008, 8:42 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 8:46 am
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