Footage of 777
 

(No, not that bit)

You may need to be quick to enjoy the speeded up footage of 'MM being moved from the crash site. The Beeb tend to change their contect pretty quickly. You need to go beyond the front page to "More Audio and Video news" (still there at 1650z)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

I particularly like the 747 which holds short in the left of the shot near the end of the clip, then appears to give up and taxi off.

r

Just out of curiosity, who is doing the recovery? I am assuming that BA do not keep that kind of gear on hand "just in case" and that a specialist contractor is handling the move.

NoPax - I have tried to search for you through the enormous pile of junk that we have allowed to sit on various forums to tell you, but have failed to find it. I believe it was a company called ALE or similar from 'up north' who specialise in heavy recovery - and they did a fine job.

Nopax, I think some of those involved in the recovery were the RAF's 'Crash and Smash' team from RAF St Athan. The clue was the guys in DPM uniform and wearing hi-viz jackets. (BBC please note.. RAF not Army!) Oh, and the desert sand-coloured cabin on one of the support trucks.

Here you go
 

Unsurprisingly, couldnt find it on the BBC, given their regular updates...

Here it is on You Tube though....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMftgv-dWw

Regards

Paul

Aircraft recovery
 

I suspect the recovery team were from ASI, Aircraft Salvage International.

They were involved in moving the VC10 & Vanguard at Brooklands & used similar powered platforms then.

Super bunch of guys very helpful.

Tristar 500

The Recovery team were a mostly made up of BA's own engineers.
The low loaders used to move the aircraft were from ALE but all the lifting bags/jacks etc are BA's own.
BA has a recovery team that goes to the aid of stranded airliners all over the world on request and do a fantastic job.
The RAF were also involved at the start along with the Fire service and even the Salvation Army!

If you look carefully at the 'speeded-up' BBC footage of the aircraft being removed from the runway, you can just see the Salvation Army band, complete with trumpets-a-blowing and tambourines-a-rattling, leading the way.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...d/DSC02380.jpg

This is where the aircraft is currently situated, just to the east of hold N2W