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Heathrow Airport Closed

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  • 17-01-2008 2:12pm
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    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭


    ...due to a flight from Beijing landing short of the runway apparently. Fire brigade foaming the runway.


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    Wishbone Ash
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    No injuries.


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    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    I heard a BA777 came in with a high angle of attack and its undercarraige collapsed- pax evacuated using slides on the runway


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    Wishbone Ash
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    Northern runway still open.


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    trellheim
    Registered Users Posts: 5,864 ✭✭✭trellheim


    as expected, pprune is suffering the slashdot effect


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    #6
    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Aer Lingus flights from Dublin, Cork and Shannon Belfast are experiencing delays.


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    Chris_533976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭Chris_533976


    Everyone on the news is saying that it was fantastic flying and an absolute miracle that not even one person got cut or broke a bone, let alone got injured or killed.


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    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Hmmmm ..wait till we check the paperwork.


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    1huge1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭1huge1


    Fantastic flying? so it wasnt the pilots fault
    must of been a technical fault and he handled it well I guess


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