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Date: 08-SEP-2015
Time: 16:05
Type: Boeing 777-236(ER)
Owner/operator: British Airways
Registration: G-VIIO
Why put Rolls-Royce engines on a 777 when you can get GE?Stratofreighter wrote:See
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... t-off.html
Yes, it is the "Daily Wail"/"Daily Fail", but the pictures are telling...
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179400
Date: 08-SEP-2015
Time: 16:05
Type: Boeing 777-236(ER)
Owner/operator: British Airways
Registration: G-VIIO
Exactly, stupidity reigns. I even have someone who's defending that by saying "I am not going to risk $10.000 worth of equipment". As if during an emergency you have time to decide whether or not you have time to pick up all your stuff... Just get a better insurance.phkza wrote:And once again, lots of people found plenty of time to collect their carryon luggage before evacuating. Because your bag is worth more than the life of others on board... sigh...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/ ... egas-video
This aircraft has GE engines....Bennie wrote:Why put Rolls-Royce engines on a 777 when you can get GE?Stratofreighter wrote:See
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... t-off.html
Yes, it is the "Daily Wail"/"Daily Fail", but the pictures are telling...
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179400
Date: 08-SEP-2015
Time: 16:05
Type: Boeing 777-236(ER)
Owner/operator: British Airways
Registration: G-VIIO
Yep, definitely not safe for work...michel N wrote:http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/09/vegas-pla ... r-5382881/
Nice passenger on board... Do not Google her name
CJ van der Ende wrote:Well Bennie, it appeared to have been:
Investigators are examining the left General Electric GE90-85B engine of a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which caught fire, prompting the crew to reject take-off at Las Vegas McCarran airport.
Greetings,
CJ.
http://www.cjvanderende.com
Pilot Who Saved Burning British Airways Flight in Las Vegas: 'I'm Finished Flying'
The pilot credited with saving the lives of dozens of passengers on a burning British Airways plane said it was the first time in 42 years of flying that he'd ever faced a life-threatening emergency — and it happened on one of his last runs before retirement.
"It's safe to say I'm finished flying," Chris Henkey told NBC News Wednesday by phone from a hotel in Las Vegas, where he was waiting to brief investigators.
Henkey, 63, has been praised for his calm under pressure and has become an instant celebrity in his native England. Holed up in his hotel, he acknowledged having a sense of the acclaim he's drawn.
He was cheered by his passengers after they made it back to the terminal, according to first-hand account in the Guardian newspaper.
But Henkey insisted that he wasn't the only one who helped save the 159 passengers aboard Flight 2276.
"It's not just me," Henkey said. "It's the whole crew, really."
Henkey would not discuss details of the incident — he's saving that for British and American investigators.
But he said that in 42 years of flying, he's never experienced such an emergency.
"Not at all," he said. "It's ironic, really. Nothing like it at all."
Flight 2276 was to be Henkey's second-to-last flight before he retired. His final run was to take him to Barbados, one of his favorite places in the world, where he planned to join his daughter on vacation.
But that last flight probably won't happen, he said. "It's looking unlikely for the moment."
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