I heard the 330 took the full 73 kt gust right on broadside, and that huge fin just weathercocked it into wind!
Brakes on/off, chocks in/out, outflow valve open/closed
it would have made no difference!!!!!!
Thankfully nobody was killed/injured, good job they were not boarding at the time as the aircraft shot away from the jet-bridge
Workmaster, how many flights do you think would be cancelled if BA lost over 25% of their long-haul fleet at LHR due to a gust of wind???
Do you honestly think Aer Lingus want to cancel those flights and incur all that extra cost? If they could get a transatlantic hire-in this New Year bank holiday weekend then they would!
For somone who claims to have once been in the industry you should know better.