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[TheBoy]

I'm not pilot, but that plane from impact to standstill doesn't look far.

Well done to pilot I guess.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yes, and guess what flight I am getting back to Heathrow on from Beijing a week on Sunday......

[tunnie]

eh? i can't see nothing?

[Jimbob]

Just remember the golden rule...

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing..

Any landing where they can use the plane again is a great landing  

[Kevin Wood]

I'm not pilot, but that plane from impact to standstill doesn't look far.

The lack of any undercarriage makes for a very effective braking system, as one of my glider syndicate partners demonstrated a couple of years ago, much to my annoyance.

The fuselage belly tends to wear a bit quicker than the brake pads though.  :-/

Kevin

[Danny]

eh? i can't see nothing?

I thought that too!

[Jimbob]

Not a news site not talking about it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7194086.stm

[Entwood]

I'm not pilot, but that plane from impact to standstill doesn't look far.

Well done to pilot I guess.

Somehow I think landing 100 yards SHORT of the runway, on a soft surface, such that you rip the main undercarriage off, when in front of you is 2 miles of prepared surface, does not deserve a "well done"

At least he/she managed to miss the perimeter road or it would be a much much sadder outcome .. but I think someone will have some very serious questions to answer on why they were so short.

[markey mark]

bugger thats a mess !! very lucky me thinks  

[BazMV6]

I'm not pilot, but that plane from impact to standstill doesn't look far.

Exactly the same thought crossed my mind when I saw the pic.
I guess "bits of plane sticking in mud" works better than brakes on tarmac?  

[Entwood]

If you look at the pictures on the beeb

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7194201.stm

Picture #4 especially, you can see that after the undercariage has sheared of the lower edge of the engine intake has "gouged" the ground .. this is a bit like using a bulldozer blade as a brake .....   darned effective !

Reports that the undercarriage was "up" are clearly wrong as picture #5 shows the nose gear down and intact... ..and this probably saved far more serious damage

[Andy B]

I'm not pilot, but that plane from impact to standstill doesn't look far.

Well done to pilot I guess.

Somehow I think landing 100 yards SHORT of the runway, on a soft surface, such that you rip the main undercarriage off, when in front of you is 2 miles of prepared surface, does not deserve a "well done"

At least he/she managed to miss the perimeter road or it would be a much much sadder outcome .. but I think someone will have some very serious questions to answer on why they were so short.

An airport worker told the BBC the pilot on the Boeing 777 had said he had lost all power, and had been forced to glide the plane into land.

[ffcgary1]

Picture #3 shows that the under carrage leg was down and has gone up through the wing, eye witnesses have said that they saw the plane going extreamly slow as it crossed the A30 and perimiter road and seemed to be rocking as it came in, then it just belly floped down into the soft grass area short of the runway.

[ffcgary1]

Oh dont worry mark, for your flight back from china they will have put it back together with some string and sticky tape.  

[TheBoy]

Picture #3 shows that the under carrage leg was down and has gone up through the wing, eye witnesses have said that they saw the plane going extreamly slow as it crossed the A30 and perimiter road and seemed to be rocking as it came in, then it just belly floped down into the soft grass area short of the runway.

Sounded like due to loss of power that it eventually stalled and dropped.