Heathrow Incident-LHR BA cut the grass

[Furryturd]

The BA flight from Beijing has just missed the end of the runway at LHR and landed short. More details shortly but LHR is closed.

edited to add LHR apparently not closed completely but we did get a report through at 13.28 originating through one of the travel agents networks that LHR was closed.

 

[SparkySteve]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=84362&in_page_id=34

 

[Magic_Mushroom]

LHR is not closed, just the southern runway, 27L.

The aircraft undershot the runway by around 500 ft with the associated hard landing forcing the main undercart oleos up through the wing. Cause is obviously not known yet so let's not speculate.

Thankfully it sounds like everyone got out okay.

Regards,
MM

 

[pupgreen]

very lucky.. just missed my mums house...

 

[pupgreen]

good drills by ba..

 

[Escape-from-PPRuNe]

I thought it was quiet...

 

[fas_et_gloria]

good drills by ba..

Or bad ones...

 

[Augustus]

NEWS FLASH - Reuters are reporting that Vanessa Feltz was sitting at the back.

 

[fas_et_gloria]

NEWS FLASH - Reuters are reporting that Vanessa Feltz was sitting at the back.

People are now wondering what I'm laughing at.

 

[pupgreen]

good drills by ba..

Or bad ones...

no deaths thats good drills

 

[SparkySteve]

I thought it was quiet...

Well, PPRuNe has melted for some reason!
The video off of the BBC website is relatively clear.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/...irect=7194163.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&asb=1

 

[Bravo2nothing]

Shame it wasn't his plane.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1301161,00.html

 

[JRHartley]

The PM was only saved by what appears to have been a sudden change in the skidding planes trajectory believed to have been caused by the Gravitational pull of John Prescott who was sitting at the bar of the BA lounge .

 

[fas_et_gloria]

good drills by ba..

Or bad ones...

no deaths thats good drills

I was thinking more along the lines of the ability to miss the biggest area of concrete in a country, really. (A feat which is normally only acheived by highly trained and professional RAF pilots flying Vulcans...)

 

[k13eod]

It's 5059 miles between Beijing and London ... so not that bad really, got within a few yards!

 

[762baynet]

Well if Vanessa Feltz was in the back I think the pilots did a good job, I would imagine that the balance of the plane could be affected by something like that!

 

[the_guru]

It was either a great piece of flying, or a very sh1te piece of flying.

I guess time will tell.

 

[BuztyBabe]

very lucky.. just missed my mums house...

I hope she filmed it!.....

 

[Mighty_doh_nut]

very lucky.. just missed my mums house...

Your mums a badger living on the airfield?

 

[thegimp]

It's 5059 miles between Beijing and London ... so not that bad really, got within a few yards!

a glass half full man

Excellent