The Anonymous Widower

Plan B Worked

We don’t know the full details yet, with the British Airways Airbus 319, that had to turn back with engine problems, as reported here on on the BBC.

But it would appear that what needs to be done after this sort of problem, was carried out correctly and the plane landed safely.

Engine failures on take-off are one of the biggest night-mare for a pilot. I never had one, but when I put full power on to lift my Cessna 340A piston-engined twin off the runway, I was always a bit nervous and running the emergency procedures through my mind. When I did have a partial engine failure it was in a single-engined Piper Arrow, but luckily I was five thousand feet above the ground. The full story is here.

I was just about to book a flight to somewhere served by BA.  Guess which airline I’ll be using!

people will try and make all sorts of conclusions about this incident at Heathrow.  Some will say, that it shows, that one day an aircraft will crash on London.  Others will say that if we move to an estuary airport, birdstrikes will be more common.

But now it would appear that two of the baby Airbuses have survived them, you could argue, that the technology is very much good enough. This was the other incident, where an Airbus landed on the Hudson River in New York.

May 24, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Flying, Heathrow Airport