This is just the start of a cunning plan to obtain a new runway by stealth without all the legal wrangles. Planes will be landing in fields, on motorways, supermarket car parks etc. all round Heathrow. Once people get used to it and such happenings no longer make the news, those planes will be added to the schedules and they will start running buses from the "crash" sites to the terminals.
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One of the eyewitnesses was a cabbie who said the plane just missed his cab. Now there's one taxi I don't want to be getting into for a while - 'I had that 777 in the back of the cab last week' etc+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Gordon Brown is jinxed:
Glasgow airport terror attack
Floods
Northern Rock
Lost benefit discs
He can't even go to the airport without a plane crashing.
The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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And in other news, Prince William completes his first solo flight in an aircraft:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7194657.stm
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
In the news yesterday I read that another 777 had a near miss a few days ago when it almost ran out of fuel. My theory is that the plane was almost out of fuel last week and the remaining fuel was contaminated by the dregs that are found at the bottom of a tank when levels are low. Thus when more power was required, this contaminated fuel meant that the engines could not respond.
Airlines were taking risks a few years back when fuel prices were high by not completely filling the tanks to cut down on fuel consumption by reducing weight carried. It seems that we may be revisiting those days and reductions in passenger safety could be a price that we are being asked to pay by the airlines. I hope this is not the case, but I fear it is.
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bah! unfounded allegations...Originally posted by Cyberman View PostIn the news yesterday I read that another 777 had a near miss a few days ago when it almost ran out of fuel. My theory is that the plane was almost out of fuel last week and the remaining fuel was contaminated by the dregs that are found at the bottom of a tank when levels are low. Thus when more power was required, this contaminated fuel meant that the engines could not respond.
Airlines were taking risks a few years back when fuel prices were high by not completely filling the tanks to cut down on fuel consumption by reducing weight carried. It seems that we may be revisiting those days and reductions in passenger safety could be a price that we are being asked to pay by the airlines. I hope this is not the case, but I fear it is.
I think the plane landing fairies that carry it gently to ground went on strike.Hard Brexit now!
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BTW - I heard that, after the 5 hour grilling, the pilot took all his aircrew out for a curry. What a hero!Comment
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They spent the rest of the night on the throne with burning rings, though.Originally posted by realityhack View PostHard Brexit now!
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That would surprise me, each engine has 2 independant computers. I woul hope running ring fenced software possibly developed from different sources. For both sets of software to cras in the same place would be a stretch.Originally posted by zeitghostBet it's software related.
I have been trying t think of a common cause for both engines.
All I can come up with is the fuel. different tanks, but both full of chinese fuel.
Anybody else got any ideas?I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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They had a pretty long flight (7 hours I think), if fuel was that bad then this problem would have probably happened well before approach to Heathrow.Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
What happened is certainly very odd. But they have got lots of recording, pilots are alive, and I doubt the engines themselves are that damaged, so they should be able to dig some reasonable explanation.
Personally I am no longer flying any airplanes - train/car only for me.Comment
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