Bedlam at Heathrow

[Xenophon]

You see, I'm now hanging around an airport for hours, suffering just like ordinary people do. Tony would have been on the Royal Flight from Northolt.

MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[AtW]

Because trains never crash: http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=...=1&sa=N&tab=wi

That's fine by me. I take risk of problem on a train anytime - I am not scared on it during journey time as well.

[KathyWoolfe]

Probably a female pilot.

[TimberWolf]

At least they've now changed the title to say that it crashed.

"Landed short of the runway", was bloody meaningless.

tim

‘Landed short of the runway’ is nice euphemism for crashing though.

To add to that, the aircraft made efficient use of the runway (simultaneously in all three spatial dimensions) and landed promptly in stages, concluding with a handbrake turn and views of the conning tower. A speedy disembarkation was facilitated by utilising spare exit door capacity and slides.

[AtW]

‘Landed short of the runway’ is nice euphemism for crashing though.

They were very lucky. If you look at skid path over grass it is very short, I don't know if it was just mistake in judging distance (seems more likely) by pilots or actual emergency landing (does not look this way), but in any case passengers should consider themselves very very lucky.

[Spacecadet]

Do these pages not get proofed before being published??

Muppets. What, were they rescued by Jack and the Beanstalk?

Thats the problem with rolling, instant 24 hour news, no time for proper quality control, better to broadcast first, retract later, otherwise sky news just might get there first

[Churchill]

They were very lucky. If you look at skid path over grass it is very short, I don't know if it was just mistake in judging distance (seems more likely) by pilots or actual emergency landing (does not look this way), but in any case passengers should consider themselves very very lucky.

Any crash you can walk away from is a landing!

[Fran]

Did you notice the very helpfull graphic at the bottom, outlining the major areas of damage!!

[AtW]

Any crash you can walk away from is a landing!

I can't see word "crash" in my post.

[Churchill]

I can't see word "crash" in my post.

Don't be so defensive my little commie friend, I was agreeing with you.