[17 Jan 2008] BA38 lands short of the runway
Jan 17, 2008, 7:05 am
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I have just heard an interview with a passenger from the flight. They were not told that there was any problem at all prior to landing - the first they knew of any problems was when the plane came to a stop and the chutes were deployed. To me it doesn't sound like an emergency landing with gear problems, but rather a normal landing that went wrong when they came down short of the piano keys, causing the gear to fail.
Clearly from eye witness reports the approach was certainly not standard.
Jan 17, 2008, 7:05 am
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Another pax stating that he had not noticed anything wrong and merely felt that it was a pretty rough landing but no more. Seems to suggest a rather skillful landing given the circumstances.
Jan 17, 2008, 7:06 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 7:08 am
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Yeah, conflicting stories - but pointing towards some kind of landing gear/hydraulic failure, and top effort to the pilots and crew for handling it so well. Could have been far more catastrophic..
Jan 17, 2008, 7:08 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 7:09 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 7:10 am
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The arrivals board on http://www.heathrowairport.com/ is currently showing BA 875 from Moscow as cancelled
Jan 17, 2008, 7:11 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 7:14 am
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I found out from the BBC website, which includes a longish report from News 24, and came to FT.
Great that things have turned out well for pax and crew. What impact on BA ops? Let's go to ba.com to find out. Er, their entire news is this:
Incident at London Heathrow
Summary
A British Airways Boeing 777 operating as flight BA038 from Beijing to Heathrow has been involved in an incident at Heathrow today.
More information
Customers are advised to check the status of their flight before they leave for the airport. To access our real time flight arrival and departure information please click here.
We will release further information as soon as it is available.
Thank heavens for FT and the BBC. My colleague's MEX tomorrow is estimated on time, at least.
Great that things have turned out well for pax and crew. What impact on BA ops? Let's go to ba.com to find out. Er, their entire news is this:
Incident at London Heathrow
Summary
A British Airways Boeing 777 operating as flight BA038 from Beijing to Heathrow has been involved in an incident at Heathrow today.
More information
Customers are advised to check the status of their flight before they leave for the airport. To access our real time flight arrival and departure information please click here.
We will release further information as soon as it is available.
Thank heavens for FT and the BBC. My colleague's MEX tomorrow is estimated on time, at least.
Jan 17, 2008, 7:15 am
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Jan 17, 2008, 7:16 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.