British Airways Attempts 777 Soft Field Landing

[epic!]

::double post::
http://www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=01/17/2008&item=12

 

[Taildraggaah]

That's the rumor going around now.

BA seems to have an issue with fuel starvation...long legs combined with company policies?

That would be fuel exhaustion not starvation

 

[CAPTAINDEEZ]

First 777 crash, wow!!

I bet the one over age 60 was flying

 

[DX Rick]

That would be fuel exhaustion not starvation

Eitherway, sounds like there was too much air in the tanks.

 

[BLing]

In fact, visual approaches as we know them are pretty much an alien concept in JAR land.

On my last contract I flying a French registered CRJ under a JAR validation in Africa. When us Americans showed up we were always asking for visuals. At first it was like pulling teeth, but after a while we didnt have to ask anymore. They figured out how we like to do it and would clear us without even asking!

As for the BA 777, it will be interesting to see what they find out...

 

[TheDude280]

Who knows... the investigation should be very interesting...but the aircraft shedding elec systems and then no power being available, and with no fire evidence on the scene, fuel exhaustion does come to mind.

 

[relief tube]

I bet the one over age 60 was flying

yeah, anyone younger than 60 surely could have put it down on the actual runway.

 

[Taildraggaah]

Eitherway, sounds like there was too much air in the tanks.

I know I just was keeping us honest about the terms...

 

[Erlanger]

On the news they were saying that the pilot added power and got none. That was on CNN. This will be a very intresting investigation.

There was no fire. Wonder if they ran it out of fuel. If it was, they must of known of their fuel situation and I wonder if they figured they could make it home. If it was that would suck; they were so close.

 

[viper548]

I bet the one over age 60 was flying

One article I saw said the Captain was 43

 

[Corbon]

They're lucky they didn't have any fuel in the tanks or there could have been a fire

 

[GearUpLightsIn]

The BBC quoted the pilot of the Boeing 777 as saying that he had lost all power and the avionics and was forced to glide the plane in to land.

http://www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=01/17/2008&item=12http://www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=01/17/2008&item=12http://www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=01/17/2008&item=12

The same article also says it was a MINOR accident. WTF over?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

The same article also says it was a MINOR accident. WTF over?

The BBC calls it an "incident". That's the way the brits are.

 

[viper548]

No such thing as pilot error over there

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Captain, F/O and In-Flight Lead just gave a press briefing. Captain thanked everyone for being "professional" and apologized for injuries. Said the F/O was flying (he looked mid-thirties) and added that he wouldnt comment on the cause until the investigation is over.

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Captain, F/O and In-Flight Lead just gave a press briefing. Captain thanked everyone for being "professional" and apologized for injuries. Said the F/O was flying (he looked mid-thirties) and added that he wouldnt comment on the cause until the investigation is over.

Do you have a link by any chance?

 

[Papps]

Quick lets all figure out what he did wrong!

 

[Erlanger]

Well I guess they didn't run it out of gas. The BBC is now reporting that investigators have said that;

A significant amount of fuel leaked out after the crash but there was no fire.

from the AAIB - Air Accident Investigations Branch

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

I'll bet the amount of unusable fuel in a 777 is what a fire fighter would term as "significant."

Who knows... Could be just one of those freak things.

 

[viper548]

I'll bet the amount of unusable fuel in a 777 is what a fire fighter would term as "significant."

Who knows... Could be just one of those freak things.

Good point. Anyone know how much unusable fuel the 777 has?
How much fuel does it usually land with?