There was a considerable fuel leak. Fire dep was there quickly to hose it down.
Major damage indeed, hull loss would be my guess on such an old airframe. Quite lucky there was no fire.
Passengers were deplaned with stairs and bussed back to the terminal.
They came from the apron, and missed the turn onto B apparently. Found it hard to believe they went onto such a narrow taxiway, with that building being so close.
We departed just after it had happened, and couldn't believe the damage we saw.
But then again, it was dark and the lighting there isn't very good.
Do BA's 744's have taxilights, or just turn-off lights? I remember some classics having only turn-off lights. In Africa I use the landing lights often when taxiing.
I can see 'Follow the green' being one of the recommendations from the upcoming investigation...
And an incident of this magnitude belongs in Rumours & News indeed.