View Full Version : Heathrow Airport runways closed after plane 'fire'
Jimbuna
05-24-13, 05:34 AM
Luckily the plane landed safely and nobody was killed or injured.
One possible cause being considered is a 'bird strike'.
A British Airways (BA) plane had to return to Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from an engine.
Both runways were closed as passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane down emergency chutes.
BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at about 09:00 BST. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the engine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22652718
BossMark
05-24-13, 06:38 AM
Yes thankfully the plane landed safely with no injury's.
Herr-Berbunch
05-24-13, 07:47 AM
Apparently the crew had practiced such an emergency every six months for over 20 years without ever needing to do it till today.
Why would both engine covers come off around the same time is a question? :hmmm:
Tchocky
05-24-13, 08:08 AM
Apparently the crew had practiced such an emergency every six months for over 20 years without ever needing to do it till today. And it seems to have paid off too, well done crew and all associated.
Why would both engine covers come off around the same time is a question? :hmmm:
That made my ears prick up too. When you hit a bird you rarely hit just one, I guess the starboard engine ingested one while the port engine took outside damage leading to the cover popping off.
Checking updates from European flow control (https://www.public.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html), it really shows you the effect of, well, anything happening to Heathrow.
Busy day for the UK ATC today, a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft is being escorted by Typhoons to Stansted after diverting from Manchester due to an 'incident'.
EDIT: Looks like the flight is PK709 from Lahore to Manchester, a 777-340. Judging by Flightradar24, it's on the ground now at Stansted.
Herr-Berbunch
05-24-13, 08:32 AM
Stansted is usually where hijacked a/c go*, or other terrorist incident. I'm just saying. . .
*Or used to be, there hasn't been one for many years in UK airspace, to my knowledge.
Herr-Berbunch
05-24-13, 08:35 AM
Checking updates from European flow control (https://www.public.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html), it really shows you the effect of, well, anything happening to Heathrow.
Wow, great link. Thanks. :yeah:
Looks like Monaco GP weekend is causing trouble too.
Tchocky
05-24-13, 08:37 AM
Haha yeah, I'm very glad I'm not working today. So much of our traffic is for the London Group so any excessive holding for Heathrow tends to slow down everything else.
Why would both engine covers come off around the same time is a question? :hmmm:
Only speculating in this case but bird flocks have caused multi-engine failures in the past.
Bird strike can be one of the nastiest things you can come across whilst flying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olsp9JcIzn4
soopaman2
05-24-13, 10:36 AM
Apparently the crew had practiced such an emergency every six months for over 20 years without ever needing to do it till today.
Why would both engine covers come off around the same time is a question? :hmmm:
Because it was an Airbus.
HunterICX
05-24-13, 11:07 AM
Because it was an Airbus.
which has the IAE engines also used on McDonnell Douglas aircraft..what's your fricking point?
HunterICX
soopaman2
05-24-13, 11:16 AM
You angry?
Work for Airbus or something, or did you twist my comment into some kind of anti euro thing from some " dumb Merican"?
I love you guys, your planes just suck, sorry. Tails falling off...
(IMHO)
I am willing to bet it is the latter.
So why the angry tone, you own stock in airbus?
And I looked up a comparison between Boeing and Airbus, and Boeing has more crashes, but only due to being in service for vastly longer, with more models.
Airbus learned from Boeing, like everyone else did.
Tchocky
05-24-13, 11:20 AM
You angry?
Work for Airbus or something, or did you twist my comment into some kind of anti euro thing from some " dumb Merican"?
Nobody's getting nationalistic here except you.
I love you guys, your planes just suck, sorry. You're wrong here. Airbus make safe aircraft.
Nationalism can be checked at the door.
So why the angry tone, you own stock in airbus?Probably angry because you're making unfounded generalisations that are flat-out incorrect.
HunterICX
05-24-13, 11:28 AM
I love you guys, your planes just suck, sorry.
What have the faulty engines to do with Airbus? Airbus just builds the frame the Airline company chooses the engines it wishes to use on them.
"dumb Merican"?
Thankfully I don't have to say it myself.
HunterICX
soopaman2
05-24-13, 12:07 PM
What have the faulty engines to do with Airbus? Airbus just builds the frame the Airline company chooses the engines it wishes to use on them.
Thankfully I don't have to say it myself.
HunterICX
Hey I am honest at least.:D
*gives HunterICX a big wet Bugs Bunny Kiss, and flees!*
I was mean, sorry, guys.
Edit: I continously demonstrate that I suck at life, thanks for tolerating me.
Takeda Shingen
05-24-13, 12:58 PM
Hey I am honest at least.:D
*gives HunterICX a big wet Bugs Bunny Kiss, and flees!*
I was mean, sorry, guys.
Edit: I continously demonstrate that I suck at life, thanks for tolerating me.
Being sorry implies the desire to change. Given the nature of your discourse in a number of threads on this forum, I would say that it appears you are not sorry at all.
soopaman2
05-24-13, 01:01 PM
Being sorry implies the desire to change. Given the nature of your discourse in a number of threads on this forum, I would say that it appears you are not sorry at all.
I thought you would have ignored be by now. But considering your attention on me I figure you are obsessed with me.
*blows a kiss*
I like girls Takeda, sorry to disappoint you.
What discourse you tool?
I do not conform to your terms and beliefs, or was it because I attacked you directly in the past, owned you, and you are butthurt?
It is sad Neal likes you more than me, I can never win this, but I will try.
Keep being an asshat, I was happily ignoring you, but you poked at me, now you reap the whirlwind you baby.
To think I respected you at one point, I really am a tool.
Takeda Shingen
05-24-13, 01:02 PM
I thought you would have ignored be by now. But considering your attention on me I figure you are obcessed with me.
I like girls Takeda, sorry to disappoint you.
Obsession? Fall off the wagon, did we?
I take it back. You certainly are sorry.
Tchocky
05-24-13, 01:06 PM
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Kentucky/squirrel-gray.jpg
And now the M6 is closed in both directions in Warwickshire because of a 'suspicious vehicle'. Very jumpy times in the UK.
bertieck476
05-24-13, 01:26 PM
And now the M6 is closed in both directions in Warwickshire because of a 'suspicious vehicle'. Very jumpy times in the UK.
Haha, its the bank holiday weekend, did it have a caravan attached to it?
Haha, its the bank holiday weekend, did it have a caravan attached to it?
Police have ruled out terrorism so it can't have. :O::haha:
M6 has been reopened now, like you say, good old Bank Holiday weekend. :haha:
Takeda Shingen
05-24-13, 01:55 PM
Police have ruled out terrorism so it can't have. :O::haha:
M6 has been reopened now, like you say, good old Bank Holiday weekend. :haha:
Well, given the recent circumstances I would say that the caution was warranted. There was a similar situation at Philadelphia International a few years back.
soopaman2
05-24-13, 02:09 PM
Has there been any cause for this reported, outside of my bad joke about it being an Airbus?
And it was a joke, I should learn to include emotes to convey my mood.
I wasn't trying to poke at anyone in a mean way, just a lighthearted ribbing.
We are brothers here.
Jimbuna
05-24-13, 02:37 PM
Busy day for the UK ATC today, a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft is being escorted by Typhoons to Stansted after diverting from Manchester due to an 'incident'.
EDIT: Looks like the flight is PK709 from Lahore to Manchester, a 777-340. Judging by Flightradar24, it's on the ground now at Stansted.
Apparently two British nationals (30 and 41 years old) attempted to get into the flight deck....armed police arrested them when the plane landed.
Jimbuna
05-24-13, 02:43 PM
I thought you would have ignored be by now. But considering your attention on me I figure you are obsessed with me.
*blows a kiss*
I like girls Takeda, sorry to disappoint you.
What discourse you tool?
I do not conform to your terms and beliefs, or was it because I attacked you directly in the past, owned you, and you are butthurt?
It is sad Neal likes you more than me, I can never win this, but I will try.
Keep being an asshat, I was happily ignoring you, but you poked at me, now you reap the whirlwind you baby.
To think I respected you at one point, I really am a tool.
Okay...far too many contentious words and statements for my liking that could be interpreted as insulting towards a member.
It is not about who Neal may like or otherwise but more about the rules we are all expected to adhere to when posting within this forum.
I hope we are done now...I've drawn a line.
TIA
soopaman2
05-24-13, 04:14 PM
I suck at life, trashing Airbus for a bad engine, it don't mean nothing to most but I retract my previous statement, my apologies.
Apparently two British nationals (30 and 41 years old) attempted to get into the flight deck....armed police arrested them when the plane landed.
That doesn't bode well, still at least the cockpit is better protected now than before 9/11, well, I believe it is. I know that US aircraft were meant to put better doors and locking systems in, I presume we followed suit?
Very jumpy times in the UK.
I'm not eating one of these at the moment...
http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/aero2.jpg
http://img.dooyoo.co.uk/GB_EN/175/food-drink/food/aero-milk-medium-chocolate-bar.jpg
I'm not eating one of these at the moment...
http://www.chocablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/aero2.jpg
http://img.dooyoo.co.uk/GB_EN/175/food-drink/food/aero-milk-medium-chocolate-bar.jpg
But if you don't then how will you be able to feel the bubbles melt?! :o
Good question. :hmmm:
Without being on your space hopper eating one I have no idea.
Herr-Berbunch
05-25-13, 07:59 AM
But if you don't then how will you be able to feel the bubbles melt?! :o
Do I really have to get all technical about how the bubbles aren't what melt?
Do I really have to get all technical about how the bubbles aren't what melt?
Don't ruin the magic. :hmph:
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