BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
Jan 18th 2008, 4:26 pm
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Jan 19th 2008, 5:45 am
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BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
Far too many armchair experts around.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...3_plane19.html
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Jan 19th 2008, 6:05 am
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Re: BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
doesn't sound like it from this:
Aviation expert Julian Bray said it appeared the plane "suffered a very late technical incident which caused a catastrophic total loss of power in one or more engines"
One airport worker said the captain, who BA said had been flying with the airline for nearly 20 years, had told him he had lost all power as he came in to land.
If the problem occured suddenly at the last minute the crew may not have had time to warn the passengers - and they're all seated and belted at that point anyway.
Aviation expert Julian Bray said it appeared the plane "suffered a very late technical incident which caused a catastrophic total loss of power in one or more engines"
One airport worker said the captain, who BA said had been flying with the airline for nearly 20 years, had told him he had lost all power as he came in to land.
If the problem occured suddenly at the last minute the crew may not have had time to warn the passengers - and they're all seated and belted at that point anyway.
Jan 19th 2008, 7:13 am
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you have got to suspect the chinese fuel.
Jan 19th 2008, 11:17 am
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Jan 19th 2008, 11:20 am
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Re: BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
Anyone remember that Swissair jet that dropped out of the sky off Nova Scotia a few years ago - wasn't that caused by a similar problem?
They weren't so lucky though, and the resulting investigation and lack of confidence led to the demise of Swissair.
Jan 19th 2008, 2:27 pm
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Re: BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
Fly by wire problem?
Anyone remember that Swissair jet that dropped out of the sky off Nova Scotia a few years ago - wasn't that caused by a similar problem?
They weren't so lucky though, and the resulting investigation and lack of confidence led to the demise of Swissair.
Anyone remember that Swissair jet that dropped out of the sky off Nova Scotia a few years ago - wasn't that caused by a similar problem?
They weren't so lucky though, and the resulting investigation and lack of confidence led to the demise of Swissair.
Nope, the swissair crash was an on board fire - a very scary event - there hasnt ever been one like this that I can recall.
Fly by wire (as in fly by wire throttle) problem probably yes, a lot goes on between the physical action of moving the throttle and dumping more go juice into the engine.
Jan 20th 2008, 5:01 am
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Re: BA Plane Crash Lands at Heathrow
Fly by wire problem?
Anyone remember that Swissair jet that dropped out of the sky off Nova Scotia a few years ago - wasn't that caused by a similar problem?
They weren't so lucky though, and the resulting investigation and lack of confidence led to the demise of Swissair.
Anyone remember that Swissair jet that dropped out of the sky off Nova Scotia a few years ago - wasn't that caused by a similar problem?
They weren't so lucky though, and the resulting investigation and lack of confidence led to the demise of Swissair.
