Heathrow crash plane 'just dropped'

1points Posted 361 days, 19 hours ago by Bronwen

Air crash investigators are trying to work out why a Boeing 777 landed short of the runway at London Heathrow airport, skidding on grass and ripping apart sections of the aircraft.

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/17/heathrow.inci…

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If I ever see that plane back in service I think I’ll give it a miss … looks pretty well banged up, and we all know what cars are like after an insurance company insists on repairs instead of writing it off …

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How would you be, as the pilot? All of a sudden you’re in control of this 200 tonne heap of metal and people and no power … just “gliding” in; geez, I’d be freakin’ out.

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