Virgin Emergency early this morning
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Virgin Emergency early this morning
On my way from Z carpark to Jubilee House this morning and witnessed a large gathering of emergency services at RVPs along perimeter road. Heard later that it involved a Virgin aircraft which landed safely. Anyone know any more ??
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According to the Sunday Telegraph Feb 10th headlined "Crash Landing" (and I copy it without comment)
"More than 400 people survived unhurt when a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 airline flying from Antigua with total hydtaulic failure and defective landing flaps made an emergency landing at Gatwick. One passenger had a minor ankle injury".
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"More than 400 people survived unhurt when a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 airline flying from Antigua with total hydtaulic failure and defective landing flaps made an emergency landing at Gatwick. One passenger had a minor ankle injury".
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just look at what happend to the last two airliners that had a total hydrulic failure and you will see that once more the papers are wide of the mark ,the big problem is that most of the public think that the papers know what they are talking about.
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It happened toward the end of the night shift. Pilot reported hydraulic problem that would restrict lowering of flaps and was concerned for risk of wheel fire due to the high speed landing and subsequent heavy braking. As it happens (as is so often the case - but let's never get complacent about these things) landing was fine and aircraft was able to taxi clear of runway and to parking stand.
Still - the news people had to have something to headline with didn't they. It was a quiet news day until the news broke of the Royal family news.
Still - the news people had to have something to headline with didn't they. It was a quiet news day until the news broke of the Royal family news.
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Just for the record:. .If I remember right, a B 747-200 had total hydraulic failure. It happened many years ago in Japan. Rear pressure bulkhead broke so all hydraulic lines in the tail section ruptured. After trying to fly a circle the AC crashed and all on board got killed.
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Yeah but that is hardly worth a mention in the papers is it.
Now "Total Hydraulic failure" where's that Sunday Times "jorno" who was on the site last week - too busy writing something about DVT I suspect. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
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Now "Total Hydraulic failure" where's that Sunday Times "jorno" who was on the site last week - too busy writing something about DVT I suspect. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
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