British Airways plane crashed as it was landing 14 injured & the Air Accident Investigation Bureau said
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight," according to the airport's Twitter account. "Two were transported for minor injuries.A number of people were at a triage area awaiting medical assessment by paramedics, but no critical injuries were noted during an initial check, officials said.Everyone ran to the windows and people were standing on their chairs, looking out, holding their breath with air, hands over their mouths.A British Airways Boeing 777 bound for London caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, forcing an emergency evacuation.
A check by the cockpit crew before take-off also failed to spot the unlocked hatches, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau said.Passengers had tried to warn cabin crew of the problem but there was a misunderstanding and the information was not passed on to the pilots, the report found. The pilots were praised for their cool reactions in shutting off one engine and getting all 75 passengers back on the ground safely.A British Airways flight caught fire over London after exhausted engineers serviced the WRONG plane prior to take-off, a report found today.Just 10 minutes into the journey in May 2013 passengers heard strange noises and a loud bang on one side.
Shocked witnesses on the ground saw the plane fly over London with dark smoke trailing behind it.
One engine burst into flames and the other was damaged after engineers forgot to latch maintenance covers.
APA/Rex Features British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Trouble: Shocked witnesses watched as the plane flew overhead with smoke pouring from an engine Fan cowl doors were left open and broke off, puncturing a fuel pipe.
Today, an official report into the incident found the night shift repair team had started work on the Airbus A319 but later returned to a completely different plane on a different stand and the hatches remained unlocked.
Investigators said the two workmen, both with decades of experience behind them, could have been “compromised by fatigue”, because of their working patterns.One had worked four 12-hour day shifts and eight 12-hour night shifts in the previous 14 days, while his colleague had been on shift for four days and six nights in the same fortnight.
Aircraft Accident Report British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Worrying: The plane's right engine was seriously damaged by fire A check by the cockpit crew before take-off also failed to spot the unlocked hatches, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau said.Passengers had tried to warn cabin crew of the problem but there was a misunderstanding and the information was not passed on to the pilots, the report found.The pilots were praised for their cool reactions in shutting off one engine and getting all 75 passengers back on the ground safely.Aircraft Accident Report British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Damage: Terrified passengers saw fuel steaming out of the engine. As they landed the runway was littered with chunks of the plane.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight," according to the airport's Twitter account. "Two were transported for minor injuries.A number of people were at a triage area awaiting medical assessment by paramedics, but no critical injuries were noted during an initial check, officials said.Everyone ran to the windows and people were standing on their chairs, looking out, holding their breath with air, hands over their mouths.A British Airways Boeing 777 bound for London caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, forcing an emergency evacuation.
A check by the cockpit crew before take-off also failed to spot the unlocked hatches, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau said.Passengers had tried to warn cabin crew of the problem but there was a misunderstanding and the information was not passed on to the pilots, the report found. The pilots were praised for their cool reactions in shutting off one engine and getting all 75 passengers back on the ground safely.A British Airways flight caught fire over London after exhausted engineers serviced the WRONG plane prior to take-off, a report found today.Just 10 minutes into the journey in May 2013 passengers heard strange noises and a loud bang on one side.
Shocked witnesses on the ground saw the plane fly over London with dark smoke trailing behind it.
One engine burst into flames and the other was damaged after engineers forgot to latch maintenance covers.
APA/Rex Features British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Trouble: Shocked witnesses watched as the plane flew overhead with smoke pouring from an engine Fan cowl doors were left open and broke off, puncturing a fuel pipe.
Today, an official report into the incident found the night shift repair team had started work on the Airbus A319 but later returned to a completely different plane on a different stand and the hatches remained unlocked.
Investigators said the two workmen, both with decades of experience behind them, could have been “compromised by fatigue”, because of their working patterns.One had worked four 12-hour day shifts and eight 12-hour night shifts in the previous 14 days, while his colleague had been on shift for four days and six nights in the same fortnight.
Aircraft Accident Report British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Worrying: The plane's right engine was seriously damaged by fire A check by the cockpit crew before take-off also failed to spot the unlocked hatches, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau said.Passengers had tried to warn cabin crew of the problem but there was a misunderstanding and the information was not passed on to the pilots, the report found.The pilots were praised for their cool reactions in shutting off one engine and getting all 75 passengers back on the ground safely.Aircraft Accident Report British Airways flight was forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow with engine on fire after tired engineers completed work on the WRONG PLANE Damage: Terrified passengers saw fuel steaming out of the engine. As they landed the runway was littered with chunks of the plane.
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