777 OFF the runway at Heathrow

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777 OFF the runway at Heathrow

Beitragvon kashmir79 » 17. Jan 2008 17:21

heya Guys

Just heard

British airways Boeing 777 landed short of the Runway, 27L, landed on the grass, gear ripped through the wing ! no one dead, phew

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the plane most likely is a write-off :S
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Beitragvon miszt » 17. Jan 2008 17:40

very lucky no one was hurt!
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Beitragvon thomie » 17. Jan 2008 17:58

You where inside???
Or just an air lover?? :wink:
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Beitragvon JimmyVe » 17. Jan 2008 19:54

Glad i wasn't on board. ;)
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Beitragvon thomie » 17. Jan 2008 20:58

I just saw it on the news, no people where harmed :)
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Beitragvon kashmir79 » 18. Jan 2008 00:35

thomie hat geschrieben:You where inside???
Or just an air lover?? :wink:


no i just Love Aeroplanes....Especially Commercial airliners :D
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Beitragvon mpir » 18. Jan 2008 07:55

@kashmir79

You should meet my brohter then. :D He is also crazy about them and knows each ones name. They all look the same to me, lol. He also has a big Herpa collection of them all.
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Beitragvon thomie » 18. Jan 2008 10:19

I've got plenty of air lovers in my class, much of them already fly small planes and going to the air school to learn how to fly the big ones .
But I don't like flying at all :roll:
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Beitragvon mpir » 18. Jan 2008 14:33

My brother flys too. :D He has a PPL licence. We flew together many times in a small plane.

Oh, and I love it every time... sometimes when we are in air already, he lets me fly the plane... boy is that fun. :D Of course he handels take offs and landings. :wink:
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Beitragvon thomie » 18. Jan 2008 14:54

Flying a plane by my self looks very cool :lol: (but i don't got a brother who's a pilot :roll: )
But being a pilot of large planes looks very boring to me, takeoff and landings are really exciting but when you're high in the air can't do a thing (autopilot and check the stats)
I haven't flied for 7 years, hope i can go to New York this summer :) maybe it's more fun now.
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Beitragvon SteveUK28 » 18. Jan 2008 15:30

I think most planes these days fly themselves.. I think all pilots are these days are data inputers who take off and land.. everything else is done by the computer.. if u ask me thats pretty darn boring.. I think smalller plane pilots have much more fun where there is no computers involved.. all done by themselves.. Of course i could be totally wrong lol :P
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Beitragvon thomie » 18. Jan 2008 15:46

But you'll make really much money with flying large planes.
The study cost €100.000 over here (Holland) and you've got to pay it out of ur own pocket (the banks love to give a loan for it :P ).
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Beitragvon JimmyVe » 18. Jan 2008 16:57

Damn € 100.000 just for the study ? That is a lot. You can buy 10 cars of it. ;)
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