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Heathrow Airport Closed

murphaph · 2008-01-17 13:12:08

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

17-01-2008 2:12pm

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

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#2 17-01-2008 2:23pm

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No injuries.

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#3 17-01-2008 2:24pm

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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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#4 17-01-2008 2:25pm

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Northern runway still open.

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#5 17-01-2008 4:07pm

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as expected, pprune is suffering the slashdot effect

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#6 17-01-2008 7:37pm

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

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#7 18-01-2008 12:22am

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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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#8 18-01-2008 12:26am

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Hmmmm ..wait till we check the paperwork.

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#9 19-01-2008 11:12pm

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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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