BAW725 Mayday 17/12/2010 Heathrow
Just wanted to praise the crew of Speedbird 725 who declared a mayday at 500ft Rwy 27L. They were next to land , ATC LVP's just been implemented 500m RVR HEAVY snow, declared mayday and initiated go-around due unreliable airspeed. (poss pitot icing?)
Climbed on runway heading and remained on air arrivals frequency then headed for clear air and diverted to Luton I believe.
Good job boys.
Hell of a twenty minutes in the tower I can tell you.
Severe icing reported at the time in LTMA.
Last edited by autothrottle; 17th Dec 2010 at 19:03.
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