From the sun website:
"The plane narrowly missed Prime Minister Gordon Brown whose convoy was travelling on the airport’s perimeter road."
..............riiiiiiight
yet the 747 with him on board was sat on the taxiway waiting to depart. did heathrow check in just become instantaneous?
todays best media excerpt for me
...camera focuses on 2 main gears, laying down on the grass....
'aviation expert' - "if im not mistaken, that appears to be part of the undercarriage"
actually, scratch that. my favourite quote......
"it will take some time for the information held on the FDR to be recovered, as it will have to be broken into. they are desgined to withstand extreme crashes"
or, they could just plug a laptop/flashcard in and do a download....or is that too simple?