747 Collapses at Heathrow !!

Eva Air probably doesn’t have maintenance staff in Heathrow, isn’t there a subsidiary like BA technics or so? Well, then it’s them who investigate it and will repair it.

Because Eva Air have no staff at LHR (being based in Taiwan) and it was BA that made the ooppsie 😉

If the accident happened to Eva Air, why is BA investigating it? Why not Eva Air’s own engineers or staff?

No, you have cut offs that close should the engines come off.
And besides, with no engines on the wings there isn’t much to ignite the fuel just sparks really.

But fire will break out! The fuel that keeps flowing from the wing will ignite on the runway! Even when turning the engines off just before touchdown, fire would break out?

Erm yes.

In the event of a water landing or gears up landing, the engines are designed to shear off.

More to the point, the engines are designed to shear off the moment they meet with a force strong enough

I would assume that to only be the case if the aircraft is in motion, which I don’t think was the case here.

So the engines to shear off is normal? 😮

The engine will only shear off if they meet with a heavy force against them, typicaly if the aircraft is in forward motion.

For example in a belly landing, the engines would shear off then as the aircraft is in forward motion.

This incident happened with the 747 stationary.

A most unfortunate incident, somebody will be looking for a new job

Sheesh. Bad day at the office today chaps. Just as well no-one was underneath it when it went… 😮

Damage wise, there doesn’t seem to be much visible from that shot, but expect skin damage to the underside of the nose, nose gear doors are probably write offs, engines 2 and 3, their nacelles and mountings will all need checking for shock loading. Nose gear itself may well have suffered some damage due to loads going through it in directions that aren’t intended, and depending on how quickly the gear retracted, and therefore how hard the nose came down, there may also be significant risk of shock loading on the forward part of the airframe itself.

Gonna be a big bill to get that lot sorted… 😮

Im headed up to LHR tomorrow night to get some pics of the Vietnam 777 there. (note to those of you who may also want some pics or a glimpse of her… it leaves on Wednesday around 17:30hrs.)

Hopefully if its still around, i’ll see the eva air 744 too. 🙂 pics tomorrow night. 😀

Good taste.. stick with Star! 😀

Oh you know it, baby!

That looks terrible. Would that have damaged the engines or nose of the aircraft?

I wouldn’t fly Oneworld normally

Good taste.. stick with Star! 😀

That shouldn’t be because if the gear collapses on the runway, the engines will shear off.

I would assume that to only be the case if the aircraft is in motion, which I don’t think was the case here.

O-o, are engines 2 & 3 on the ground? That shouldn’t be because if the gear collapses on the runway, the engines will shear off.

Could be tricky sorting that out

Wonderful things, airbags. 😀

I’d like to know how the passengers for the flight got to Taiwan or perhaps even Thailand (since they fly there, too). EVA Air only comes into LHR perhaps once or twice a day, so getting another aircraft to them would have taken a fair amount of time!

Rebooked onto other carriers flights. China Airlines, British Airways, etc. With one-stops, I’m sure they had a multitude of choices. My NZ SYD-LAX flight was cancelled due to maintainance one time, and I got rebooked on QF via AKL. That’s the one-time I flew QF and I wouldn’t fly Oneworld normally. It was an award travel ticket so I didn’t have to worry about FF mileage. Also, good thing I was flying business as we all got rebooked first and most of the econo-class had to wait till the following day.

You get what you pay for with a “made in Taiwan” label!!! 😀 😀 😀

Overtime for everyone! Hurray.