747 lowish over Wimbledon
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: In transit
Age: 70
Posts: 3,052
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"British Airways flight turns back to Heathrow after Jordan's £10,000 breast implants threaten to burst as cabin pressure is reduced.
Interviewed later, the supermodel said : "Well it was ee-ver me tits or the 'plane, like, so I went, like, ballistic, like, y'know, and the bloke wot drives it came out of his cockbit where 'e sits in the front, or watever it's called, and he goes, like, you know, your tits is a national treasure. So 'e lands the 'plane. Innit"
Interviewed later, the supermodel said : "Well it was ee-ver me tits or the 'plane, like, so I went, like, ballistic, like, y'know, and the bloke wot drives it came out of his cockbit where 'e sits in the front, or watever it's called, and he goes, like, you know, your tits is a national treasure. So 'e lands the 'plane. Innit"
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Royaume-Uni
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I thought it was interesting that this apparently routine incident made the national news
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkshire, UK
Age: 79
Posts: 8,268
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
<<Quote:
Also thought it odd that they put a heavy 747 back on the ground in as little as 11 mins
Especially at such a busy airport... So no fuel dump ? Overweight landing ? For a suspected problem with a door handle ? Hmm...>>
11 minutes is not an unduly short period for the aircraft to return. The problem occurred soon after take-off and the aircraft was reported to have crossed Wimbledon prior to landing. That's an approximate track distance of 30 nautical miles. The aircraft would have been flying at a speed of 200 kts (+/-) so it would cover that distance in about 9 minutes. I do not know what happened on the day; I'm just saying that it would have been possible.
If a pilot of a heavy jet tells ATC soon after take-off that he has a problem and wants to return, even if he does not declare an emergency it's likely that ATC will afford him priority. It's no big deal, just leave a slot on final approach and space the following traffic accordingly.
Also thought it odd that they put a heavy 747 back on the ground in as little as 11 mins
Especially at such a busy airport... So no fuel dump ? Overweight landing ? For a suspected problem with a door handle ? Hmm...>>
11 minutes is not an unduly short period for the aircraft to return. The problem occurred soon after take-off and the aircraft was reported to have crossed Wimbledon prior to landing. That's an approximate track distance of 30 nautical miles. The aircraft would have been flying at a speed of 200 kts (+/-) so it would cover that distance in about 9 minutes. I do not know what happened on the day; I'm just saying that it would have been possible.
If a pilot of a heavy jet tells ATC soon after take-off that he has a problem and wants to return, even if he does not declare an emergency it's likely that ATC will afford him priority. It's no big deal, just leave a slot on final approach and space the following traffic accordingly.
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: US
Posts: 78
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If anybody can actually SEE the area clearly that is circled in red on the photo of the alleged aircraft, my hat's off to them. Even my trusty Sherlock Holmes spy glass cannot determine what that bit is hanging off the side. Hm.
We'll probably never hear a report on what happened.
But I was thinking back on my (ancient) days in the cabin before going on to other professions.
Once we went to automatic on the doors, if they did not set properly for some reason, a light would come on then. Before take-off and the flight engineer (yes, it was so long go some aircraft had a 3rd crew member) would alert us. I was on the old DC10 or the 747s when the latter were in their first decade of service. But there were alerts for this problem before take-off.
So...on this type of aircraft, if the door was not properly set to automatic (or whatever they call it today), wouldn't they know before take-off? Or could it be set to automatic, look good, and then once take-off occurs, "unset" itself and open? Guess so, if somebody set it and it looked good before take off.
It all sounds really odd. So any info from those who know would be interesting.
We'll probably never hear a report on what happened.
But I was thinking back on my (ancient) days in the cabin before going on to other professions.
Once we went to automatic on the doors, if they did not set properly for some reason, a light would come on then. Before take-off and the flight engineer (yes, it was so long go some aircraft had a 3rd crew member) would alert us. I was on the old DC10 or the 747s when the latter were in their first decade of service. But there were alerts for this problem before take-off.
So...on this type of aircraft, if the door was not properly set to automatic (or whatever they call it today), wouldn't they know before take-off? Or could it be set to automatic, look good, and then once take-off occurs, "unset" itself and open? Guess so, if somebody set it and it looked good before take off.
It all sounds really odd. So any info from those who know would be interesting.
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Jungles of SW London
Age: 77
Posts: 354
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Frangatang
It was Kenneth Williams that wanted to get in, not Monsieur Hancock.
"I need to fly to London!" Gasps Hancock.
"It is a long way M'seur!" Is the reply.
You had to be there.
Roger.
It was also Tony Hancock, although for a moment the name of the film escapes me. Hancock - dressed as a chicken - arrives breathless at a checkin in Paris.
Hancock was the pilot and Kenneth Williams was a ground engineer who had been on the tailplane when Hancock took off. In flight he started knocking on the canopy asking to be let in.
The chicken bit is something else entirely.
