Virgin Atlantic Event

[flare and touchdown!]

It seems to have been hushed up from the media, that Virgin Atlantic Airways had to initiate a full emergency landing into Heathrow airport on Feb 21st, following a hydraulics failure aboard a new A340-600!!!

Plane landed with no flaps, safely, yet using most of the runway and coming down at no flaps speeds of 180kts +.

What happened there? Less of a worry if it was an older 744 or 343, but a new A340-600.

Got a picture of the emergency approach. http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1186037&WxsIERv=Nveohf%20N340-642&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Ivetva%20Ngynagvp%20Nvejnlf&QtODMg=Ybaqba%2 0-%20Urnguebj%20%28YUE%20%2F%20RTYY%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Ratynaq&ktODMp=Sroehnel%2021%2C%202007&BP=1&WNEb25u=Wnzrf %20Zrcfgrq&xsIERvdWdsY=T-ISBK&MgTUQtODMgKE=Rzretrapl%20Ynaqvat%2C%20ab%20syncf%20ynaq rq%20fnsryl&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=6628&NEb25uZWxs=2007-03-09%2003%3A02%3A29&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=449&static=yes&width=10 24&height=695&sok=JURER%20%20%28nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Ivetva%2 0Ngynagvp%20Nvejnlf%25%27%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Ivetva% 20Avtrevn%20Nvejnlf%20%28Ivetva%20Ngynagvp%20Nvejnlf%29%25%2 7%20BE%20nveyvar%20YVXR%20%27Znegvanve%20Ubyynaq%20%28Ivetva %20Ngynagvp%20Nvejnlf%29%25%27%29%20%20beqre%20ol%20cubgb_vq %20QRFP&photo_nr=4&prev_id=1186201&next_id=1184524

Anyone know anything else?

Well done to pilots for avoiding what could have been a 'hairy' incident. No one was hurt on touchdown thankfully.