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Wow I have to say well done to the pilot and his team for his quick thinking, as things could have gone so much wrong.
I just hope they get the investigation done quick!
Sounds like it could have been a lot worse.
At 40,000 feet across the North Sea, I’d say it could have been worse
Lucky does not begin to describe it
Ive not heard anymore other than there was no warning of the emergency landing, did something happen earlier then, before they got near the mainland?
FRom what has been said so far, there was a total and complete power failure and the plane simply glided in from about 1 mile from the airport
I really meant a power failure at 40,000 feet and its a long way down
I see. Yep. The pilot and crew should be applauded. 8)
Apparently …. the power failure affected both engines and occured as the plane was making its final approach towards Heathrow and was around a mile or two out.
It managed to squeeze itself over the perimeter fence and plopped down just short of the runway itself onto the rough grass and skidded to a halt …. stopping right on the edge of the tarmac bit.
The ”interesting” bit is that the southern runway approach takes the plane right over a heavily populated part of Feltham / Hounslow so if the pilot had NOT managed to trade off speed for height as he did – it would have crashed into this area and not only totalled the passengers and crew, but also would have made quite a mess of the local area – slightly to the detriment of the population.
Have you ever been to Feltham / Hounslow, what a fecking dump. It needs flatting :lol:
I couldn’t agree more. the houses are nasty and horrid and the people that live in them are all chavs. Dumping a few thousand tons of aeroplane on top of them would be doing them a favour.
Mind you, it would make a mess of the local traffic ….. so maybe it’s not such a good idea.
I thought Hounslow was being targetted for wide spread urban renewal!
They missed.
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