Incident with BA Aircraft at London City

Aircraft involved appears from the photos to be BXAR. This is an RJ100.
I remember it well. It was delivered new to us at Cityflyer LGW around 1997.
Was a good aircraft then known as Always Reliable unlike its sister ship AS, known as Always Sick!
Only flew on it a couple of times myself before I went back to working on my fav the ATR’s.

Hi all,

A few pictures taken shortly after the landing:

http://www.airteamimages.com/81725.html

http://www.airteamimages.com/81726.html

http://www.airteamimages.com/81727.html

Cheers,

Derek

Passengers and crew members have been evacuated from a British Airways plane after its front undercarriage failed on landing in London.

All of the 67 passengers and five crew are safe after the incident at City Airport involving flight 8456 from Amsterdam.

Fire crews were called to the airport just after 7.40pm when the four-engine Avro RJ 146 aircraft had already been evacuated.

BA said passengers escaped down emergency slides which were deployed as a precaution.

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 7.45pm to reports of an incident at London City Airport.

“We sent six ambulance crews, two single responders in cars, two duty officers and we treated four patients for minor injuries.

“No one was taken to hospital.”

A spokeswoman for London City Airport said the plane had damage to the nose wheel but had landed on the runway.

She added: “The 67 passengers were evacuated and we are now waiting for air traffic investigators to arrive.”

The airport has been closed and flights are being diverted.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/London-City-Airport-Landing-Scare-British-Airways-Passengers-And-Crew-Evacuated-Safely-From-Plane/Article/200902215222891?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15222891_London_City_Airport_Landing_Scare%3A_British_Airways_Passengers_And_Crew_Evacuated_Safely_From_Plane

Piccy on BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7889727.stm

Now they are saying it was a BA Flight from Amsterdam and the passengers went down the chutes

Pictures show an Bae/Avro 146, looks like a 300 series and has a flattened nose gear… Wouldn’t it be easier and less risky to just step off a 146 ? :confused:

Now they are saying it was a BA Flight from Amsterdam and the passengers went down the chutes and some went to hospital