Crash landing at Heathrow

Konovalov · 01-17-08, 06:20 PM

I'm going to take a stab at it and guess that wind shear struck the 777 in the final moments of it's approach. At lunchtime outside our office the weather was highly changeable in that the wind was at times gusting very strongly before suddenly dropping down in intensity to almost total calm. We also had from no where a sudden burst of rain which was almost like hail. In short the weather was very unsettled. I'm guessing from this that we were on the edge of a weather front around the Heathrow and Hounslow areas between 11am to around 3pm when the weather was extremely unsettled. There are also a couple of very large aircraft maintenance hangers within close proximity to the runway approach and I wonder if this in some way along with the weather conditions contributed to the crash. So I'm giving Boeing and the 777 the benefit of the doubt right now. The next 48 hours should prove interesting with regards to the accident investigation prelim report. :hmm:

01-17-08, 06:20 PM	#10
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I'm going to take a stab at it and guess that wind shear struck the 777 in the final moments of it's approach. At lunchtime outside our office the weather was highly changeable in that the wind was at times gusting very strongly before suddenly dropping down in intensity to almost total calm. We also had from no where a sudden burst of rain which was almost like hail. In short the weather was very unsettled. I'm guessing from this that we were on the edge of a weather front around the Heathrow and Hounslow areas between 11am to around 3pm when the weather was extremely unsettled. There are also a couple of very large aircraft maintenance hangers within close proximity to the runway approach and I wonder if this in some way along with the weather conditions contributed to the crash. So I'm giving Boeing and the 777 the benefit of the doubt right now. The next 48 hours should prove interesting with regards to the accident investigation prelim report. :hmm: __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

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