Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !The UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) published today an update about the crash-landing of the Boeing 777 flying from Beijing to Heathrow as BA038 on 17th of January.
This new update confirms that all systems operated as expected, but both engine’s high pressure pumps experiences a low fuel pressure condition. Quoting the report:
“The high pressure […]
There are no elegant, or smart aviation accidents. Loosing someone is always tragic, whatever the circumstances. I don’t want to judge anybody, my aim is simply to highlight how quick and silly accidents can be.
A KingAir 200 was back from a short test flight after maintenance. The pilot reported some noises, and the mechanic decided […]
A Ryanair Boeing 737 operating from Charleroi (Belgium) to Limoges (France) as FR1216 failed to stop on runway, and came to rest in the grass after runway end. None of the 175 passengers and 6 crew members got injured. A pregnant women has been taken to hospital, as a precautionary measure. Passengers have been evacuated […]
Planes do crash. It’s rather seldom, but it does happen. I know it, and I frequently read incident and accident reports. A couple of my friends died in accidents. Pilots often say simluator is good for training, but nothing is like actual flying - the same applies to accidents scene.
I’ve never been on a crash […]
The media have been buzzing last days, thanks to a video of an Airbus 320 going around in Hamburg, in strong crosswind situation, lightly hitting the left wing on the runway. Reporters made their usual job, and headlines ranged from “Hero Pilot Saves Hundreds of Lifes” to “A320 Nearly Crashed”.
I was somehow disappointed not to […]
The UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch published a new intermediary report about the crash-landing of the British Airways Boeing 777 in Heathrow on the 17th of January. This report presents the results of initial investigations and a recommendation.
Up to now, the investigators tested various parts of the engines and fuel system, analyzed fuel sampled at […]
The UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch published yesterday an update of the initial investigation report. The new information available is not much:
The plane was established on ILS with autopilot and autothrust engaged
Autothrust comanded a thrust increase to which the engines reacted initially
Three seconds later, the thrust of right right engine reduced
Eight seconds later, the thrust […]
According to standard investigation procedure, the UK AAIB published today the initial report about the British Airways Boeing 777 which crash-landed in Heathrow last week. Usually such a report simply states obvious facts. In this case however as and all on board survived, and the black-boxes were easily extracted and not damaged, the initial report contains […]
When flight BA038 from Beijing to London crash-landed about 300 meters from runway in Heathrow, I immediately posted about it for three reasons:
Provide readers with information from various sources
Relay the number of the information line to any concerned person
Inform passengers about traffic in Heathrow
Since then, the buzz grew up, and as always in such cases […]
When internetsar.org has been created last december, I posted to support this internet based search and rescue project. This website makes possible to find wreckage sites using satellite and aerial imagery being inspected online by volunteers.
Ken Barbalace was kind enough to send me an update, and they now have 1800 members. The current run is […]
