747 lowish over Wimbledon
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Residents watch as BA flight to New York forced into London emergency landing (From Your Local Guardian)
A jumbo jet forced into an emergency landing was spied flying "alarmingly low" over the skies of south London this morning.
Residents have described how they were woken by the "deafening noise" of the British Airways jet holding 296 passengers heading back in to Heathrow just after 9.30am.
She said: "I heard a plane coming but suddenly it was much louder than usual. I rushed out and saw it and it was alarmingly low in the sky.
"You could see it was a British Airways flight. That's how close it was."
Rowena To, from Wimbledon Park, said: "We heard this deafening noise. We ran to the window . Everyone was watching from the other houses and other people had gone into the street.
"The level that it was flying, everyone was really worried about what might be happening."
Residents have described how they were woken by the "deafening noise" of the British Airways jet holding 296 passengers heading back in to Heathrow just after 9.30am.
She said: "I heard a plane coming but suddenly it was much louder than usual. I rushed out and saw it and it was alarmingly low in the sky.
"You could see it was a British Airways flight. That's how close it was."
Rowena To, from Wimbledon Park, said: "We heard this deafening noise. We ran to the window . Everyone was watching from the other houses and other people had gone into the street.
"The level that it was flying, everyone was really worried about what might be happening."
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BA 747 in emergency landing LHR - 1400 today
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Not a "Hostie having a quick ciggie" but an Ex Ryanair passenger who hadn't got change for the toilet popping out for a pee 
... and the Daily Mail are not reporting it as they have a better "shock horror" story - "Polish workers are drafted in to build Navy's new carriers: Migrants paid barely half the British rate"
... and the Daily Mail are not reporting it as they have a better "shock horror" story - "Polish workers are drafted in to build Navy's new carriers: Migrants paid barely half the British rate"
Well, I hope they had a bl**dy good reason for opening the door.
The ANO states that "A person shall not be in or on any part of an aircraft in flight which is not a part designed for the accomodation of persons and in particular a person shall not be on the wings......"
Needing a fag or popping out for a pee is no excuse.
The ANO states that "A person shall not be in or on any part of an aircraft in flight which is not a part designed for the accomodation of persons and in particular a person shall not be on the wings......"
Needing a fag or popping out for a pee is no excuse.
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A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA said the problem had been traced to a faulty light.
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Residents have described how they were woken by the "deafening noise" of the British Airways jet holding 296 passengers heading back in to Heathrow just after 9.30am.
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Hehe...I should add that as an 'aviation professional' it wasn't deafening nor terrifyingly low, just a bit unusual to see it over 'one's abode'.
As for faulty lights...yep, sometimes the sensors show the door open and it isn't but you can't climb and pressurise to check it...safety first and all that.
Gear in the turn? If they were establishing on the LOC at 1500' they probably wanted to drop the gear and get stable before the glide...slightly unusual but not an airshow manoeuvre by any means...steep angle of bank? No, probably not but 30 degrees will look steep if the a/c is at 1500'.
Yawn, all a bit of a non story really. I was just a bit curious is all
As for faulty lights...yep, sometimes the sensors show the door open and it isn't but you can't climb and pressurise to check it...safety first and all that.
Gear in the turn? If they were establishing on the LOC at 1500' they probably wanted to drop the gear and get stable before the glide...slightly unusual but not an airshow manoeuvre by any means...steep angle of bank? No, probably not but 30 degrees will look steep if the a/c is at 1500'.
Yawn, all a bit of a non story really. I was just a bit curious is all
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Open Door Policy?
Curious that there was a (unconfirmed) report of a ground observer actually "seeing an open door" - seemingly well before any mention of a door warning indicator as the cause of the return?
Perhaps the 'observer' may have been listening to R/T rather than 'seeing'.
OTH, an acutally open door is a damn sight less good publicity than a 'prudent decision to return and investigate a (faulty) warning'.
Perhaps the 'observer' may have been listening to R/T rather than 'seeing'.
OTH, an acutally open door is a damn sight less good publicity than a 'prudent decision to return and investigate a (faulty) warning'.
From Telegraph reporting..
When will writers learn to write sensible stuff? The light was NOT faulty, it worked. Perhaps the SENSOR was faulty.
A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA said the problem had been traced to a faulty light.
At the gate:
"Good morning sir, Breathless Bertie here from the Daily Mail here. Did you see anything ?".
"Um ..... no. Just a nuisance to be back here with the aircraft gone tech".
"Ah, that's, what, 'tek' ...... ? Oh never mind. How would you describe the sensation at the time. Would you use either 'plunged' or 'plummeted' ?"
"Neither actually."
"Oh, we have to use one or the other in aircraft stories, it says so in the Style Book. Did you see the pilot Grimly Wrestling with the Controls ?"
"No, Bit difficult to see the guys up front in a 747 anyway".
"Ah. Well, did it FEEL like they were Grimly Wrestling ...."
"No, no such nonsense."
"What about narrowly missing a school then. Did you see any schools out of the window ?"
"Nope".
"Convent maybe ?"
"NO".
"Um .... Charlotte Churchs's house perhaps...... ?"
"Good morning sir, Breathless Bertie here from the Daily Mail here. Did you see anything ?".
"Um ..... no. Just a nuisance to be back here with the aircraft gone tech".
"Ah, that's, what, 'tek' ...... ? Oh never mind. How would you describe the sensation at the time. Would you use either 'plunged' or 'plummeted' ?"
"Neither actually."
"Oh, we have to use one or the other in aircraft stories, it says so in the Style Book. Did you see the pilot Grimly Wrestling with the Controls ?"
"No, Bit difficult to see the guys up front in a 747 anyway".
"Ah. Well, did it FEEL like they were Grimly Wrestling ...."
"No, no such nonsense."
"What about narrowly missing a school then. Did you see any schools out of the window ?"
"Nope".
"Convent maybe ?"
"NO".
"Um .... Charlotte Churchs's house perhaps...... ?"
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