British Airways Attempts 777 Soft Field Landing

[epic!]

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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