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Old 17 January 2008, 01:15 PM
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Exclamation Heathrow Airplane Crash!
Breaking News!

BA Airbus.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:18 PM
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F00k!

nothing on BBC news yet.

Casultys?
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:19 PM
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Would appear as though all passenger have got out on shoots. No visible fire. wing has come away.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:20 PM
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Landed short of the runway - thankfully sounds as if there are no casulties
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:21 PM
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No injuries

Now saying 3 minor.
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No fire = Good news
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Gordon Brown's Flight Delayed By Incident At Heathrow |Sky News|Business

Landed short. Fortunately nothing too serious by the looks. Gordon is safe BTW.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:22 PM
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BBC NEWS | England | London | BA flight lands short of runway
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
Gordon is safe BTW.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SetoN
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Shame it didn't crash land on his head
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:30 PM
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I was gonna say that
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"Six engines were at the scene of the incident." The Airbus must have a maximum of four engines. Engine smugglers
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by speedking
"Six engines were at the scene of the incident." The Airbus must have a maximum of four engines. Engine smugglers

It has 5 actually
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Shame it didn't crash land on his head
He's got a very big head - would've just bounced off!
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According to Sky news it's a Boeing 777 not an Airbus. Good that everyone got out ok.
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It is a Boeing 777. Only 2 engines, although they are big ones
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Injuries minor and from the slides probabaly!
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Originally Posted by Moley_WRX
It is a Boeing 777. Only 2 engines, although they are big ones
3 engines
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Originally Posted by speedking
"Six engines were at the scene of the incident."
Thomas would have been there, but he's going through some tough times with Clara.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by what would scooby do
3 engines
2 engines and an APU
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by what would scooby do
3 engines
The third is classed as an APU though isn't it, though technically a jet engine too.
Last edited by Vampire; 17 January 2008 at 01:39 PM. Reason: Doh, beaten to it!
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:39 PM
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Boeing 777 not an airbus from BA website. [edit.. damnit.. ]

Nice to see that the main concern is that the PM's planes been delayed rather than if everyone is okay. Good old BBC.....
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:39 PM
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aye, it's an engine alright
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:41 PM
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A passenger from China said the landing was wheelie bad.
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Old 17 January 2008, 01:46 PM
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So how the hell do they now move it so they can re-open both runways?

A 777 with no wheels? A couple of trolly jacks aren't going to sort that baby out
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This is odd.

I work in Colnbrook and we have jsut said how quiet the planes are today!!!

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Old 17 January 2008, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Nido
So how the hell do they now move it so they can re-open both runways?

A 777 with no wheels? A couple of trolly jacks aren't going to sort that baby out
Some of the local yobs from Staines and Slough will be called in to strip it.. Will only take them a few minutes.
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Having landed short of the runway, if there is a significant lip at the beginning of the runway, the wheels would not climb over it so the wheels would suffer the full horizontal inertia of the aircrat and the undercarriage legs will just break off or collapse.

This happened years ago to a Vulcan at Malta in severe crosswinds and turbulence. The undercarriage was severely damaged and the pilot managed to get airborns again. One of the wings was on fire because of damage and the aircraft exploded. Only the two pilots escaped with their lives by ejecting.

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