Originally Posted by
silverstrata
Prediction for you skippy. The first crash of a 747 airborne eastbound out of LHR, and the place will be closed down inside 3 months.
Unlikely - El Al 1862 didn't close AMS nor Concorde/CDG. Any such incident will be downplayed as extremely unlikely (true) and unforeseeable (true-ish if your foresight is limited to the next election date).
A mid-air collision over London, OTOH, that would be a different story ...