Airliner crash lands at Heathrow

BBC ^ | 17/01/2007

[UKTory]

Sky News and BBC News covering this now. One runway at Heathrow closed, the plane is embedded in mud at the end of it, so likely to be closed for a while.

Unconfirmed whether it was a techbical problem or pilot error at this stage. Passengers said they had no warning of an emergency landing, but eyewitnesses are decribing the plane seeming to having problems on late approach.

[UKTory]

Three minor injuries treated at scene.

This will snag up Heathrow big style. BA saying no flights have been diverted at the moment.

[G.Mason]

Certainly without the word certainly this article certainly could not have been certainly written.

[Don Corleone]

"I could see that the( shoots )were deployed very quickly and people were coming down on that.

That's "one size fits all" education for you! /sarc

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Well...uh...you know...it is what it is.

[JRios1968]

Certainly without the word certainly this article certainly could not have been certainly written.

[newzjunkey]

I’ve seen reports this was a Boeing 777. Is that accurate?

[UKTory]

Sky News interviewing a passenger now.

Says the flight had all appeared to go normally, the landing gear had come down, was on approach to runway and then seemed to ‘just drop’.

[UKTory]

Yes, is a Boeing 777 I believe.

[Moose4]

Saw some pictures of it over at the airliners.net forums; the gear is at least partially collapsed (maybe only one side) and all the slides are deployed, of course.

I’m amazed that an airliner with the technical sophistication of the B777, and the crew training that BA gives its pilots, had something like this happen.

}:-)4

[SlowBoat407]

Countdown to amateur speculation on the cause in 10...

[norwaypinesavage]

Obviously probably this was a crash.

[UKTory]

Some inbound flights to Heathrow now being diverted:

4 to Luton
3 to Stanstead
12 to Gatwick

So far.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

[Milwaukee_Guy]

[The Dude Abides]

It was probably old man Costanza trying to cop a feel.

[r9etb]

Countdown to amateur speculation on the cause in 10...

Too late.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Heathrow Crash Landing Updated 14:27, Thursday January 17, 2008 The aircraft appeared to have landed several hundred yards short of the southern runway - and just yards from a busy perimeter road.

[newzjunkey]

Sloppy maintenance?