737-300 emergency closes Birmingham Airport

Nigel H-J · Post by **Nigel H-J** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:25

No-one hurt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 082200.stm

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:33

Looks expensive!

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:37

I've emailed the BBC telling them to change the headline.

It indicates both a crash and a crash at London City Airport as it uses the headline "Crash closes City Airport".

It wasn't a crash, it was an accident. They made a complete balls up of the Monarch story the other day as well (as did Sky News) :roll:

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:39

Charlie Bravo wrote:I've emailed the BBC telling them to change the headline.

It indicates both a crash and a crash at London City Airport as it uses the headline "Crash closes City Airport".

It wasn't a crash, it was an accident. They made a complete balls up of the Monarch story the other day as well (as did Sky News) :roll:

Missed that, what was the Monarch story?

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:41

Spot the errors

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5073986.stm

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:44

Well they say 757, but it's a picture of an A300.

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 15 Jun 2006, 12:47

Jetset wrote:Well they say 757, but it's a picture of an A300.

Yep, and it took them several hours to change it to 757 from 747

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 15 Jun 2006, 14:01

Will wonders ever cease.... they changed the headline :shock:

blanston12 · Post by **blanston12** » 15 Jun 2006, 17:42

When I looked the picture was definatly a 737, looks more like a 400 than a 300 since it has CFM56 engines on it.

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 15 Jun 2006, 17:51

All 737s since the -300 have the CFM56 engines :think:
The 737NG has a newer variant of the CFM56 with a less pronounced "flat" at the bottom of the intake.