Originally Posted by
l.garey
Harry: I remember in, I think, 1972 when we lived in Abingdon feeling, hearing and then seeing what must have been about the first 747 I had ever seen climbing out heading west at a very low altitude.
Laurence
It was about this time that a New York bound one lost an engine shortly after it departed Heathrow. I don't think it went near Abingdon but apparently it was only able to maintain about 1200ft by dumping fuel, turning near Reading and passing almost overhead Farnborough to get back to Heathrow.