BA 747 clips building

[GHD]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25490906

[Filonian]

Skipper one L. Phillips?


Graham

[Garry Russell]

Expensive

Many of the BA 747-400 are earmarked for withdrawal & parting out

This is G-BNLL one of the aircraft to be retained. Still with several already parted out they should have a spare wing

[dodger]

Bang goes the Crew's Christmas Bonus

Cheers.

Roger.

[cstorey]

I suppose the only bright spot is that the building is much cheaper than, say, an A380 tailplane . I always feel for the crew in these situations

[dfarrow]

Only bright news was no one seriously hurt , 2nd hope that was it might be the same crew who performed the magnificent stall recovery immediately after take off . When an erroneous 'reverser deployed' message was 'pooter generated , causing the inboard slats to retract ! Shade of Trident PI , but no deep stall .
They surely earned some ''brownie '' points , ... 'there but for the grace of God'

Merry Christmas one and all

rgds dave f .

[VC10]

I understand the the centre wing torque box has some deformation, thus making the a/c a write off.











Paul

[Garry Russell]

There was talk from the beginning that the keel beam might have taken a whack.

[TSR2]

That was an expensive taxi. Those are the first daylight photos I'd seen and that building is very badly damaged.

[VC10]

I'm also told it only came off a major check in September, should have been good for another 4 yrs

Paul