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Old January 18th 08, 01:17 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bob Furtaw
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Default BA 777 crash at Heathrow

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From: "Ron A."
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: BA 777 crash at Heathrow

It almost sounds like reverse thrust came on at least one engine.

Steeper than normal glideslope and offset from runway center line.

"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in message
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Blueskies wrote:
What the heck happened? Fuel starvation? Doesn't sound like wind shear
could have been an issue.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...inplane17.html


passenger hack into the entertainment system?
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I'm betting on wind shear or microburst...or he was told "land and hold
short" Bob F.