Fire at heathrow?
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Fire at heathrow?
please excuse the `alarm` , but had a text from a good friend at heathrow - he says theres quite alot of blue light activity and can see `flames` on another aircraft from where he`s sat.
dont suppose anyone has heard anything else?
dont suppose anyone has heard anything else?
There was a NOTAM today for increased activity around the fire training site. I suspect the 'fire' they saw was just a training exercise at the mock up. It's pretty spectacular when they torch it.
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If the aircraft he saw in flames was green, then as Locked Door says, it was the mock-up.
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The spotters section and you don't even know about the existence of the fire training facility ?!? 
Trust me, its Heathrow... if it was a real fire, it would have been plastered all over the media outlets within 30 minutes of it happening with many journalists gassing off about "horrified passengers" and "plummeting planes".
Trust me, its Heathrow... if it was a real fire, it would have been plastered all over the media outlets within 30 minutes of it happening with many journalists gassing off about "horrified passengers" and "plummeting planes".
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Mixture - hahahaha - sounds like a cue for this:- The Lazy Journalists Plane Story Generator
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I remember one time taxiing past a fully fired up training facility at Amsterdam. There were sounds of horrified panic from some passengers around me until the Captain came on the PA to advise that it was, in fact, just a training exercise. Still, some folks couldn't comprehend this notion, and continued to worry about "those poor souls trapped inside".
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Gonzo..... is the chimney still in the central area? When they cleaned it we almost went into LVPs with black smoke and produced alarming calls from some crews. We just told them we were electing a new SATCO.
