Heathrow Crash

Nobody badly hurt thank god.

They've got a lot of work to get the aircraft back in the air though. Probably be working all night there...

136 passengers in a B777. The aircraft was far to be full.

Anyway, nobody seriously injured, that is the most important.

I assume that's the 777 grounded forever then?

It only takes one crash apparently, look at concorde.

Why not ground this unsafe american shiteheap then?

Doctor? wrote: I assume that's the 777 grounded forever then?

It only takes one crash apparently, look at concorde.

Why not ground this unsafe american shiteheap then?

If the B777 stays on ground, a lot of long-haul flights will be cancelled. A lot of companies could face bankrupcy... There are too many B777 in the sky to kill it as simply as they killed the Concorde (except for BA, AF and aircraft lovers, this loss did not change the world).

Back to the subject. The B777 is one of the largest planes at the moment. To fly one from China to England for the benifit of a little hundred passengers amazes me...

Didn't everyone die on the Concorde crash?

Shirley that's one tick next to the Boing Boing Boeing.

Wheels-up landing means that particular aircraft will be written off. Expect to see it lie where it is for some time while they strip out the seats and anything else that can be saved, then cut it into sections and carry it away. That's after the AAIB have inspected it, which will take some time.

Just what passengers want to see, eh?

Some bloody NIMBY is on the telly now. Moaning about the fact that Heathrow is in the middle of a residential area.

I suppose the airport just sort of snuck up in the night after she'd bought her house, did it?

(Does My Arse Look) BIGINTHIS wrote:

I suppose the airport just sort of snuck up in the night after she'd bought her house, did it?

An international airport nearly snuck up in the middle of the night here where i live a few years ago.They were considering building one

" Proposed International Airport at Rugby

As you are no doubt aware plans were put forward last year for the future of 'Air Transport in the Midlands ' by the Government. Among the proposals was a major new airport in Warwickshire between Rugby & Coventry.

We attended a meeting in Kineton in November where we learnt a great deal about what this plan entailed. There were presentations from the District and County Councils, the main local protest groups and a senior person for Coventry Airport . From the detail we heard and the plans available it was a worrying situation. The airport as planned was to be bigger than London Airport and although we are twenty miles away, we would be directly on the approach path to the runways aligned NE/SW be subject to constant over flying of planes taking off or stacking for the approach. The consultants data indicated a noise level around 57 decibels, similar to that around Windsor on the A4. corridor to Heathrow. A noise nuisance we can do without.

If this plan went ahead, Birmingham & Coventry Airports would close and the plans show the footprint of the airport itself, however the ancillary services, hotels and other services linked to the airport would no doubt spread further. There would be little countryside left between Coventry and Rugby ; also, the airport staff would require housing in convenient places - that raises further complications.

There would inevitably be increased traffic flows on the surrounding road network, apart from the motorways along the Fosse VVay corridor. The original consultation period has been extended to May 2003 and we would urge all of you who have not already done so to make their feelings known to the government and also ask pertinent questions. Our District Councillor, Gillian Roach, will also help with any queries regarding the development.

John & Joyce McKail"

Birmingham Airport was going to close?

What a load of crap!

(Does My Arse Look) BIGINTHIS wrote: Birmingham Airport was going to close?

What a load of crap!

I think international jetsetter Kath had a stern word or two with them and they scrapped the idea

Ha ha!

They make a complete pig's ear of keeping Rugby railway station running smoothly so i can't begin to imagine how they'd have faired with an international fcuking airport

I went out for a CHINESE in London today and one nearly landed on me!Giving up takeaways from now on!

Wasn't the food cold by the time you got back to Chorley, Mick?

Snorri xxx

wonder if it will be featured on air crash investigation on the Discovery Channel,interesting stuff

Snorrimon wrote: Wasn't the food cold by the time you got back to Chorley, Mick?

Snorri xxx

Was on my way to the Ottoman Empire.......doing COLD TURKEY!

Jiphy wrote:

Doctor? wrote: I assume that's the 777 grounded forever then?

It only takes one crash apparently, look at concorde.

Why not ground this unsafe american shiteheap then?

If the B777 stays on ground, a lot of long-haul flights will be cancelled. A lot of companies could face bankrupcy... There are too many B777 in the sky to kill it as simply as they killed the Concorde (except for BA, AF and aircraft lovers, this loss did not change the world).

Back to the subject. The B777 is one of the largest planes at the moment. To fly one from China to England for the benifit of a little hundred passengers amazes me...

I would argue that the grounding of another boring subsonic cattle plane would change the world a lot less than flinging it back to the 1960's like the grounding of the Concordes did. Boeing's kill more per year than Concorde did in it's career, no one ever grounds them despite 10's of 1000's of accidents. They badmouth Concorde, fund a smear campaign against it, claiming among other things, that SST's "rip a whole in the sky" whatever the fuck that means. THEN within DAYS of the death of Concorde, they suddenly announce an SST of their own. Wankers.

Thank $DEITY for those brave and noble Air France groundcrew who, although paid to keep her in only taxi condition, are logging hundreds of unpaid hours to keep the speedbird alive. Then when the seppos try to say they invented it in 10 years time, at least the French can tell them to fuck off.

wrote: wonder if it will be featured on air crash investigation on the Discovery Channel,interesting stuff

Hey 'scuse me Mr. Lookin for somethin..

More Boeings have crashed in the world simply because there are so many of them in the world and some of them are not maintained very well. If there were as many Concordes as there Boeings they would be dropping out of the sky on an hourly basis; particularly if they were maintained as shoddily as some aircraft are.

The Concorde became uneconomic to run many years ago, despite it being subsidised by both companies that operated it. It was a tiny aircraft and could only carry a few very rich passengers. Totally unsuited to the modern market. very inefficiently. Noisy and, as it got older, dangerous.

It's a lovely thing to look at perched on the ground at the various locations around the world.

But that's about the only use for it. It's a relic.

Apparently cabin crew of the 777 said to airport staff that the electrics died

It's been hours now and nobody is screaming TERROR ALERT

Gordon is letting things slip; Tony would never have let such an oppotunity go by

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