Sun, 20 January 2008 It's good to kickstart the year with some drama, but the passengers of a British Airways Boeing 777 flight into London Heathrow got more than they bargained for when the engines failed to respond to a request for thrust on final approach. As a result, the aircraft glided in on such a low trajectory that it barely passed the airport boundary fence and landed heavily on the grass verge, causing the landing gear to collapse and shear off. The aircraft continued to bounce along the grass coming to a stop at the start of the runway. I filmed these high-definition video pictures on Sunday 20 January 2008, three days after the crash, as the plane was lifted onto stills in readiness to be moved to a hangar, and the investigators were still at work to discover the cause of the accident. Direct download: LLTV_Jan_2008_Heathrow_Crash_HD720p_3000Kbps.mp4 Category: LLTVONE -- posted at: 3:37 PM Comments[0] |
