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Offline Chairboy

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« on: January 17, 2008, 09:56:29 AM »
Anyone following the 777 crash landing story at Heathrow?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7194086.stm

Landed short of the runway, skidded through the dirt.  Hopefully video shows up, this would be interesting to see.  

Was it a mechanical failure or a mismanaged approach?
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 09:58:23 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 09:59:46 AM »
Saw the pictures.  Glad no one is hurt.

Seems to me that is going to be one really expensive repair, if they do not right it off.
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 10:07:35 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 10:11:01 AM »
I heard Beetless was giving an in cabin lecture on the art of sidewalk cafe sitting, tour bus etiquette ,  rentaduning...............and hillbillies. Distracted the crew. :)
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 10:38:38 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 10:56:51 AM »
The conclusion doesn't seem to account for the pilot reportedly saying all the electronics had failed.  Geese in the engines can't cause that, can they?
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2008, 11:08:43 AM »
There was no fire, thankfully, and no indication of a great amount of fuel smell / leaking in the article. I wonder if there was a fuel starvation issue. It would be rather embarrassing to the crew and ground crews. They had to have had some kind of electrical power or the controls wouldn't function at all.

Kudo to the pilots for at least making the air port. I wonder at what point in the pattern the power failed. I'm very glad no one was killed or injured.
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2008, 11:17:38 AM »
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"I didn't speak to the pilot, but I saw him, and he looked very pale, but there was no communication in the cabin."


I bet.  You know how many perks he just lost?
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 12:03:52 PM »
I think his perkies are safe... looks like he managed to just get on the end of the pavement.
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 12:08:01 PM »
22016KT 9999 BKN014 BKN020 11/09 Q0996 TEMPO 24020G32KT 6000 SHRA BKN015CB

Lets see...

Winds 220 / 16 knots. Ceiling broken 1400 feet, broken 2000 feet. Temp 11, dewpoint 9, Altimeter 29.96. Temporary observation, winds 240 at 20 Gusting 32 knots, Showers and Rain, broken 1500 Cumulonimbus.

Translation, thunderstorm. My guess is he caught the tail edge of a micro burst and slammed in short of the runway.
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2008, 12:22:27 PM »
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I bet.  You know how many perks he just lost?
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 12:32:04 PM »
Sounds like a micro burst to me too.

Passenger Paul Venter told the UK Press Association: "The wheels came out and went for touchdown, and the next moment we just dropped. I couldn't tell you how far."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/17/heathrow.incident/index.html
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 12:40:57 PM »
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22016KT 9999 BKN014 BKN020 11/09 Q0996 TEMPO 24020G32KT 6000 SHRA BKN015CB

Lets see...

Winds 220 / 16 knots. Ceiling broken 1400 feet, broken 2000 feet. Temp 11, dewpoint 9, Altimeter 29.96. Temporary observation, winds 240 at 20 Gusting 32 knots, Showers and Rain, broken 1500 Cumulonimbus.

Translation, thunderstorm. My guess is he caught the tail edge of a micro burst and slammed in short of the runway.


it was nice weather when this happend. the storm passed over about an hour ago..(about 3hours after the crash). which was very rough. (for a uk storm in jan...)

this is where i often stand taking pictures of planes and theres some good ones on airliners.net already.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=G-YMMM&distinct_entry=true

you can see that the APU duct is open, so i think the crew was trying to start this to get some power back in the cockpit/restart engines... but it was too late.
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 12:53:13 PM »
Did the ram air turbine deploy?
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