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Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:29 am
by igs942
Hats off to the BBC for cr*p reporting yet again. Good to hear no one hurt. Someone in the Heathrow Ground dept has earned a trip to the manager's office...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7046224.stm

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 am
by a1
Ahh it's nothing just some unsettled business between Boeing's 747 and Airbus's A340. ;D ;D

No but really that is scary. :o

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:48 am
by igs942
Ahh it's nothing just some unsettled business between Boeing's 747 and Airbus's A340. ;D ;D

Looking at the full picture (literally) from WHCH-TV it looks like the A340 may have won  ;D ;D


http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO64581/

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:20 am
by mrjake2002
Hats off to the BBC for cr*p reporting yet again.


Just gonna say that...

Anyone catch 'breakfast' on BBC1 this morning?
Two aircraft have collided on the runway at Heathrow
 ::) >:(

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:08 am
by Fozzer
Quote:

A British Airports Authority spokesman said: 'Heathrow airport can confirm that two aircraft were involved in an incident earlier this evening on the ground.

'There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being uplifted from the aircraft.'

End quote.

..."Uplifted"...??

Good Grief!

Where do they inherit this strange language from?... :o...!

...GWB... ::)...?

F.... ;)...!

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:20 am
by Hagar
Quote:

A British Airports Authority spokesman said: 'Heathrow airport can confirm that two aircraft were involved in an incident earlier this evening on the ground.

'There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being uplifted from the aircraft.'

End quote.

..."Uplifted"...??

Good Grief!

Where do they inherit this strange language from?... :o...!

...GWB... ::)...?

F.... ;)...!

They make it up Paul. Where did you get that quote from anyway? They must have uplifted updated the report since you spotted it.

Hats off to the BBC for cr*p reporting yet again.

Auntie Beeb is not what she was I'm afraid. Perhaps a tad better than the Sky TV News report that an engine had dropped off. ::)

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:26 am
by Fozzer
Quote:

'There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being uplifted from the aircraft.'

End quote.

..."Uplifted"...??

Good Grief!

Where do they inherit this strange language from?... :o...!

...GWB... ::)...?

F.... ;)...!

They make it up Paul. Where did you get that quote from anyway? They must have uplifted updated the report since you spotted it.

Hats off to the BBC for cr*p reporting yet again.

Auntie Beeb is not what she was I'm afraid. Perhaps a tad better than the Sky TV News report that an engine had dropped off. ::)


Tee-Hee....!

My Orange's (Freeserve) Version...>>>

http://www.orange.co.uk/news/topstories ... tantwintop

Cheers Doug...;)..!

F.... ;D...!

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:34 am
by Hagar
Quote:

'There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being uplifted from the aircraft.'

End quote.

..."Uplifted"...??

Good Grief!

Where do they inherit this strange language from?... :o...!

...GWB... ::)...?

F.... ;)...!

They make it up Paul. Where did you get that quote from anyway? They must have uplifted updated the report since you spotted it.

Hats off to the BBC for cr*p reporting yet again.

Auntie Beeb is not what she was I'm afraid. Perhaps a tad better than the Sky TV News report that an engine had dropped off. ::)


Tee-Hee....!

My Orange's (Freeserve) Version...>>>

http://www.orange.co.uk/news/topstories ... tantwintop

Cheers Doug...;)..!

F.... ;D...!

Ah, I see. LOL :)

PS. The British Airports Authority officially ceased to exist following the 1986 privatisation. The correct name is BAA plc. Has been for over 20 years. http://www.baa.com/

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:10 am
by Chris_F
From the article:

"Thank God it was on the ground and not in the air."

most idiotic quote ever.

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:10 am
by expat
Yawn, much a do about nothing. Unbolt the winglet, bolt a new one on, do the paperwork, have another cup of tea.

Matt

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:03 pm
by ozzy72
Reminds me of the time I got stuck in Bakersfield when a towed staircase knocked a chunk out of the wing of our aircraft and we were stranded there for over a day! Worst 24 hours of my life, the most exciting place was a tree with a tyre on a bit of rope hanging from a branch ::) I've never complained about Birmingham since :o ;D

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:22 pm
by FsNovice
For those not that aquainted with heathrow, heres a small map of the incident site, courtesy of Google earth

Image

Re: Heathrow bump...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:28 pm
by expat
For those not that aquainted with heathrow, heres a small map of the incident site, courtesy of Google earth

Image


I think those who are unacquainted with Heathrow still are with that amount of map  ;D ;D

Matt