BA jumbo jet continued flight after engine fire
Sep 25, 2006, 10:37 am
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BA jumbo jet continued flight after engine fire
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/tra...cle1752011.ece
Air traffic controllers were "amazed" when a British Airways jumbo jet decided to carry on with a transatlantic flight after an engine caught fire on take-off, it was revealed today.
An air traffic controller, who had seen flames coming from an engine on the Boeing 747 at Los Angeles, told a colleague on hearing the plane was continuing its flight: "If you would have saw what we saw out the window, you'd be amazed at that.
Air traffic controllers were "amazed" when a British Airways jumbo jet decided to carry on with a transatlantic flight after an engine caught fire on take-off, it was revealed today.
An air traffic controller, who had seen flames coming from an engine on the Boeing 747 at Los Angeles, told a colleague on hearing the plane was continuing its flight: "If you would have saw what we saw out the window, you'd be amazed at that.
Sep 25, 2006, 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by cpx
I believe this is an old news.. discussed in several threads on FT.
...The controller's comments were revealed in a transcript between the plane and the Los Angeles control tower obtained by the Wall Street Journal under US freedom of information laws.
Sep 25, 2006, 1:29 pm
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The only new "hook" here is the public release of tapes of air-to-ground transmissions. Everything else is 18 months old, and pretty stale.