Jan
17
Heathrow airport closed after British Airways plane misses runway
Filed Under (Heathrow airport, airline news) by Paula on 17-01-2008

Heathrow airport has been closed after a British Airways plane had problems during landing.

Details are sketchy at present but pictures from the BBC indicate that the plane, a Boeing 777 BA038, landed short of the runway. Escape chutes were launched to evacuate passengers and it is understood that all passengers escaped safely. However, reports indicate that there have been three minor injuries.

All available fire crews are in attendance.

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UK airports information blog » Blog Archive » BA honours BA38 crew after Heathrow crash landing on July 9th, 2008 at 8:20 am #

[…] crew of BA38 – the Boeing 777 that crash landed short of the runway at Heathrow airport in January – has been awarded the BA Safety […]


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