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Heathrow plane crash pilot 'lost all power'
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Posted on 01/17/2008 10:18:27 AM PST by Maggie Maggie Maggie
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If this is accurate, the pilot did a stunning job.
There were high winds at Heathrow today too.
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
If true, whoa!
Somebody better buy that crew a beer!
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:20:23 AM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(The United States Marines: Finest and most feared fighting force in the history of mankind.)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:21:24 AM PST
by
Lokibob
(Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
What kind of airplane? Was it an Airbus? Curious if it was fly by wire.....
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
The pilot did a great job.
Boeing, apparently did not.
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:22:24 AM PST
by
trumandogz
(Hunter Thompson 2008)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
"He told me the aircraft shut down and lost power. Put on your tinfoil caps. Al-Qaeda EMP attack!
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:25:45 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("The pilgrims had opened with their Winchesters, and were simply squirting lead into that bush")
To: VanShuyten
Put on your tinfoil caps. Al-Qaeda EMP attack!
Nope, just another leaky sink!
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:27:29 AM PST
by
BikerJoe
To: VanShuyten
I am not a conspiracy type guy and did not think of that immediately, but certainly it should be looked into.
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:28:56 AM PST
by
JLS
To: rightwingextremist1776
Curious if it was fly by wire.... Aren't they all?
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:29:47 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: rightwingextremist1776
777
Plane has a good record, probably a one off.
To: VanShuyten
EMP would have taken out other stuff in the area.....but I see by your tinfoil hat quip that you figured that.
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:30:13 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
The British Airways plane which crash landed at Heathrow apparently lost all power and avionics coming in to land. He may have lost engine power but I doubt the avionics quit. I'm pretty sure planes like the 777 have electronic everything including activation of control surfaces. There's no way to land a plane that cannot be controlled.
ML/NJ
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:30:34 AM PST
by
ml/nj
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:31:01 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(Just how will wrecking the U.S. economy save the planet?)
To: 1rudeboy
nope...still a lot of aircraft out there using hydraulics...
I do believe the 777 is fly by wire however.
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
WOW! I’m getting goose pimples! He saved many lives if true.
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
"I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:36:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(11+7+15=3 Heismans)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
Jeez, how do you lose all systems like that?
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:36:26 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
To: Vaquero
I don’t believe for a minute it was EMP but small, tactical EMP units exist which are highly directional. Didn’t happen here, though.
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:37:34 AM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
What kind of plane was it?
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:38:18 AM PST
by
saganite
(Lust type what you what in the “tagline” space)
To: Maggie Maggie Maggie
An unnamed worker at Heathrow said the pilot . . . deserved "a medal as big as a frying pan". I think that is an interesting turn of phrase.
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:39:16 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
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