Hi Captain Lim!
What do you make of today's crash landing of a Boeing 777 at Heathrow?
Jon
British Airways Boeing 777 Crash Landing at London Heathrow
Hi Jon,
Yes, after the crash of the British Airways Boeing 777 at the London Heathrow airport around 12.42 pm yesterday (Jan 17th 2008), I have received many other emails enquiring about this accident.
Fortunately, there were no fatalities on this air crash except for 17 passengers who suffered injuries.
Television pictures on CNN showed the Boeing 777 at the edge of the runway with the grass behind it furrowed for several hundred meters where the airplane had scrapped along. The emergency escape chutes were deployed and fire trucks sprayed the plane with foam. One wing and much of the landing gear appeared damaged.
Well, since the Boeing 777 first flight after about 12 years ago, British Airways has the honor of being the first airline to suffer the first crash of this very safe airplane! What went wrong?
The British Airways CEO said, "It would be inappropriate for me to speculate as to the likely cause of this incident... We are very proud of the way our crew safely evacuated all 136 passengers on board with only three minor injuries.''
"BA's safety record is exemplary and the rapid evacuation of the passengers without loss of life is a tribute to their safety commitment,'' he said.
Investigators have reportedly already arrived at the scene to begin investigations into the incident.
Amongst the early speculation for the cause of the accident was "poor weather, windshear or possibly bird strikes". I will however update and comment on this when more news are available.
Well, for the moment, nothing is conclusive until the investigation is completed.
For more of the accident, please see the latest video clip above and also here.
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