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BBKing · 18-01-2008, 17:40

[Warning - amateur air accident investigation follows]

Fascinating pictures out on the web now - here's one:

http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...72_gymmm15.jpg

What some people are saying is that the little squished fan thing under the plane is the RAT - the turbine that provides emergency power to the aircraft's electronics in the case of loss of power - whether it deployed during the emergency (suggesting electrical failure) or was knocked out during the slide isn't tellable.

Elsewhere in the pictures the starboard engine's intake is full of dirt, suggesting the plane hit slightly right-wing down (since it slewed to starboard during the crash this is quite likely) and the engine's fan blades aren't showing any damage, suggesting that it quite possibly wasn't under power. The port engine, on the other hand, has quite a bit of dirt all round the disk, suggesting it was at least rotating, and most of the blades appear to have broken, which suggests quite a bit of energy in the engine. Good work by Rolls-Royce in that the engine appears to have contained the disk failure (note the scarring around where the sheared blades hit the inside of the intake, but none have come through the case).

Also BA are saying that the 'hero pilot' wasn't Pilot Flying on the approach, the co-pilot was. British journalists, jumping to conclusions? Fancy.

Anyway, whoever was flying it, if it did indeed lose two engines on the approach, getting it down without serious injury was good work all round, but it was a damned close run thing. If it only lost the starboard they should have made it, so there are questions to answer.

http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pictures/pictures.html

Try it yourselves:

Port: http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...772_gymmm3.jpg
Starboard: http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...72_gymmm20.jpg

18-01-2008, 17:40	#38
BBKing cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,166	Re: BA Flight lands short of Runway [Warning - amateur air accident investigation follows] Fascinating pictures out on the web now - here's one: http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...72_gymmm15.jpg What some people are saying is that the little squished fan thing under the plane is the RAT - the turbine that provides emergency power to the aircraft's electronics in the case of loss of power - whether it deployed during the emergency (suggesting electrical failure) or was knocked out during the slide isn't tellable. Elsewhere in the pictures the starboard engine's intake is full of dirt, suggesting the plane hit slightly right-wing down (since it slewed to starboard during the crash this is quite likely) and the engine's fan blades aren't showing any damage, suggesting that it quite possibly wasn't under power. The port engine, on the other hand, has quite a bit of dirt all round the disk, suggesting it was at least rotating, and most of the blades appear to have broken, which suggests quite a bit of energy in the engine. Good work by Rolls-Royce in that the engine appears to have contained the disk failure (note the scarring around where the sheared blades hit the inside of the intake, but none have come through the case). Also BA are saying that the 'hero pilot' wasn't Pilot Flying on the approach, the co-pilot was. British journalists, jumping to conclusions? Fancy. Anyway, whoever was flying it, if it did indeed lose two engines on the approach, getting it down without serious injury was good work all round, but it was a damned close run thing. If it only lost the starboard they should have made it, so there are questions to answer. http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pictures/pictures.html Try it yourselves: Port: http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...772_gymmm3.jpg Starboard: http://www.heathrowpictures.com/pict...72_gymmm20.jpg __________________ "An inquiry into the CONSTITUTIONAL ERRORS in the English form of government is at this time highly necessary; for as we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some leading partiality, so neither are we capable of doing it to ourselves while we remain fettered by any obstinate prejudice" Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776.