Crash Landing

Sara · 17-01-2008, 15:19

Been watching this for the last hour on the TV,

BBC NEWS | England | London | Airliner crash lands at Heathrow

someone/something must have been watching over the passengers and crew today. Flying myself in four weeks and i hope i have that pilot flying the plane.

thomas.lee · 17-01-2008, 15:44

Been watching this too. Wonder what happened..

nikkival · 17-01-2008, 16:10

That picture brought back memories! A similar thing happened on our flight to Canada when I was a child, we crash landed with fire engines spraying us with foam as we came down, then we had to slide down the chutes and leave everything behind.

I hope everyone recovers from the scare. My mum is still terrified of flying, but it doesn't bother me at all - the way I see it is I've had my scare & I'd have to be extremely unlucky for it to happen again!

Tealeaf · 17-01-2008, 16:24

I'm only glad that the plane's engines failed only when they did, and not 10 minutes earlier - otherwise it might have been good-bye for yours truly.

lettie · 17-01-2008, 16:51

Someone was definitely watching over those passengers. We are flying from Heathrow in 4 weeks. To be honest, I don't tend to worry about flying, in the grand scheme of things it is still the safest way to travel. I'll give you a wave as we pass over your house Tealeaf....

Tealeaf · 17-01-2008, 16:57

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Originally Posted by lettie

. I'll give you a wave as we pass over your house Tealeaf....

Wrong direction. I'm under the landing path, not the take off path. You should be able to give the Queen a wave if she's in Windsor.

slinky · 17-01-2008, 18:36

WARNING.....................

DO NOT show this to ginger......

we fly out in May, and its his first time, AND he is quietly bricking it

Yolanda25 · 17-01-2008, 21:37

im flying in may as well and it seems that everytime im about to go on holiday something like this happens, eeither in real life or dreams

WillowTheWhisp · 17-01-2008, 21:57

It sounds like they were very lucky indeed.

cashman · 17-01-2008, 23:26

saw a couple interviewed n they thought at first it was just a bumpy landing, the positive i can see in this crash, is the plane is virtually intact, black boxes been removed n everyone is fit to be interviewed, so possibly a result on what actually happened, as a frequent passenger that pleases me.

firth_dawn · 18-01-2008, 00:21

they were very lucky passengers.

garinda · 18-01-2008, 00:27

I hope no one had a jacksie full of drug filled condoms up 'em.

They would more than likely have been evacuated first, before the person even hit the emergency slide.

Doug · 18-01-2008, 00:38

It’s frightening to think how bad it could have been; no doubt the full story will come out over the weekend. Excellent work by the pilot and crew going off what the passengers are saying it must have been a fantastically smooth landing. Well done.

Doug · 18-01-2008, 00:39

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Wrong direction. You should be able to give the Queen a wave if she's in Windsor.

I didn't know Rindy was back in the smoke...........

Boeing Guy · 20-01-2008, 08:41

Being in the industry myself, I too drive a Boeing Product although the 737 is not as nice as a 777, It just goes to prove the point that aviation is pretty dammed safe.
Great job done by all concerned, I just hope that the lad's don't get blamed by the powers that be, although that could be hard having just read the interim report on the pilot website, PPrune.
Great work by the Cabin Crew as well, at 600 ft there might not have been time for the lad's in the pointy end to have got the warning out as they were probably rather busy.

So next time you all fly as Pax remember to give the Cabin Crew a bit of your time and listen to the safety briefing and also have a quick read of the card. look around find your nearest exit and count how many rows you are from it. I do this even on a 737, which I fly for a living. It could save your life.