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Heathrow air crash

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hobbit:
I believe they said it was a newish aircraft, perhaps not all the bugs are sorted yet

But yes should be interesting to hear the results, at least they have a complete (but slightly re-shaped aircraft to work with)

thermidorthelobster:
The 777 is a 1995 aircraft IIRC, so you'd have hoped they would have ironed out any little bugs like both engines failing by now.

I'm surprised commentators are saying "it's a perfectly safe aircraft" - well, one's just crashed, apparently not through pilot error, from losing power to both engines, and they don't know why!  So clearly it's NOT perfectly safe.  I'd still fly in one, but you can't logically reason that the aircraft can still be said to be as safe as you could have said a week ago.

Airbus must be rather happy about the whole thing.  After Airbus's problems with the A380, first Boeing delay the Dreamliner (for a number of reasons including an issue where theoretically passengers could "hack" into the airliner's flight control systems), and now this.  Airbus's fortunes must be looking up.

Range Rover Blues:
Time to buy shares :-.

beast5680:
i like the way the pilot :cool: rang his wife just after the crash and told her he would be "a little late due to an incident" then she turns on the telly and see,s the crashed aircraft :shock:

Tommo:
What a guy though landing it with no engine control etc etc. lucky pilot to get to show he can cut the mustard in a crisis and live to tell the tale.

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