Heathrow closed

[jarrod248]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760
Dreamliner my fucking cock. What a pile of shite and they don't even know why it's prone to burning. I'll stick to the A380.

 

[uncle_vanya]

Maybe it was some oriental gentleman brewing up a goat curry on a gas burner on the floor in the passanger area. "Ethiopian Airlines', got to be a tad suspician there.....

 

[RQMS]

The good news however is that there's been a train wreck in France.

Train crash near Paris: 'many casualties' - Telegraph

 

[fltpilot]

Dreamliner+Ethiopian Airlines=Chaos at Heathrow!
Hope no one flying out for the next few hours!!

 

[Biscuits_Brown]

Hmm. Does anyone have any Airbus shares they don't want?

 

[nobbyd]

BBC News - Heathrow shut after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire
Dreamliner my fucking cock. What a pile of shite and they don't even know why it's prone to burning. I'll stick to the A380.

Saw an A380 flying over a couple of days ago on it's way to Heathrow. Looks short rather than tall from a distance

 

[jarrod248]

Saw one flying over a couple of days ago on it's way to Heathrow. Looks short rather than tall from a distance

A Dreamliner or A380?

 

[nobbyd]

A Dreamliner or A380?

Just edited to clarify. A380

 

[cloudbuster]

Let me re-phrase that for you.

Chaos at Heathrow!
No hope of anyone flying out for the next few hours!!

 

[jarrod248]

Just edited to clarify. A380

They're massive and other than a few wing cracks they seem to not set on fire.
Someone at Boeing is going to be grumpy.

 

[Cabana]

They're massive and other than a few wing cracks they seem to not set on fire. Someone at Boeing is going to be grumpy.

Someone at Heathrow should be grumpy as well. Why close an airport the size of a city because one aircraft that isn't on a runway catches fire?

 

[jarrod248]

Someone at Heathrow should be grumpy as well. Why close an airport the size of a city because one aircraft that isn't on a runway catches fire?

Hmm good point, maybe we will find out.

 

[Legallybald]

Hmm good point, maybe we will find out.

Bet it's attributed to "Health & Safety".

Hi-viz heaven for the busybody class.

 

[ordinaryforces]

Someone at Heathrow should be grumpy as well. Why close an airport the size of a city because one aircraft that isn't on a runway catches fire?

I wondered that as well? why don't they just drag it out of the way and carry on as normal?

 

[cloudbuster]

Because if Fireman Sam and his buddies are occupied hosing down a Wetdreamliner, they're not available should some other clown stoof-in on another part of the airfield.

 

[BONNACON]

I'll stick to the VC10's. Never had a crash.

 

[ordinaryforces]

Because if Fireman Sam and his buddies are occupied hosing down a Wetdreamliner, they're not available should some other clown stoof-in on another part of the airfield.

Curses!! theres always a sensible answer.

 

[leveller]

Because if Fireman Sam and his buddies are occupied hosing down a Wetdreamliner, they're not available should some other clown stoof-in on another part of the airfield.

So there's no back up plan then?

 

[jarrod248]

Because if Fireman Sam and his buddies are occupied hosing down a Wetdreamliner, they're not available should some other clown stoof-in on another part of the airfield.

Damn and blast it no, there's something else much more dramatic.

 

[Wordsmith]

Boeing has serious problems. The Dreamliner is the 'next generation' aircraft that's meant to secure its short and medium term future. It's already been massively late into service and then spent quite a few months grounded after the initial spate of battery fires. A few more incidents like this and it could end up grounded again. That will cause massive damage to Boeing's balance sheet.

Worst case, another extended grounding could start pushing Boeing towards a Chapter 11 style bankruptcy. I'll bet the Boeing board is quietly crapping itself as we speak...

Wordsmith