Thursday, January 12, 2006

Troubled Jumbo over London

Bing Bong. We would like to thank all our passengers for flying with us today, and remind you that if you spot Heathrow out of your window please make yourself known to the captain.

I guess I could crow bar this post into the “Disaster planning” category, but it’s just one of those things that begs to be talked about.

A jumbo jet, loosing power and altitude, decides to fly backwards and forwards over central London looking for a safe place to land?

I’m not joking. These are actual quotes from today’s Times:

The captain made a U-turn over Reading and - without the appropriate maps -
decided to head back to Heathrow, which he had spotted out of the window
earlier.
and:


The aircraft performed a series of sharp turns over Central London as it fought
to gain height before reaching Heathrow.

Read more at the Times Online here.

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