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By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Flightradar24 is reporting a 787 fire at LHR, no other news as of yet.
From the looks from Twitter, it doesn't actually look like the aircraft is on one of the runways. But because it's using the fire service the airport can now no longer take arrivals or departures.
https://twitter.com/apd1988/status/355719615151759360/photo/1
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
oh dear surely not the Dreamliner again ? (sorry Matt just beat me to it)
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Twitter saying that it is a 787 aircraft on fire.
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sky News is saying the fire is now under control.
The Ethiopian plane "was parked at a stand with no one on-board", the runways should reopen shortly.
http://news.sky.com/templates/watch-live
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Confirmed Ethiopian 787, there's footage of the Dreamliner surrounded by fire engines and bathing in foam at SkyNews.
Here we go again...
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Maybe unrelated but Thomson 787 G-TUIC is returning to MAN after being advised to hold over the Irish sea past 2 hours
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Aircraft was parked on a remote stand by the fire station. Nobody was on board which is good. Got to feel sorry for Boeing mind...
Joe
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Markets aren't responding well :(
http://www.google.com/finance?cid=661224
But let's try not to jump to conclusions, there are many things other than battery's that can cause fires... If it is the battery, is there a chance Boeing will scrap Lith Ion?
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
One certainly has. A colleague of mine took a flight last week on the Norwegian B787 and absolutely loved it.
A little early to draw any definite conclusions, but there is increasing evidence that the aircraft is simply unsafe.
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looks like the first aircraft (a Lufthansa A320 LH3384) is just about to land on 09L. Airport reopened?
Apparently there are extensive scorch marks visible from the outside of the aircraft on the top rear port side of the fuselage near the tail. So maybe it's not the battery?
https://twitter.com/FlyingFear/status/355732187951267841/photo/1
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Maybe unrelated but Thomson 787 G-TUIC is returning to MAN after being advised to hold over the Irish sea past 2 hours
Are you sure Scotty ? Just checked Flightdata24 and it's not flying but flew to Sanford from Manchester today.
By: - 12th July 2013 at 17:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Are you sure Scotty ? Just checked Flightdata24 and it's not flying but flew to Sanford from Manchester today.
Yup, was watching it on FR24 for half an hour..landed back at MAN about 25 mins ago... just been reported on BBC news too
LHR has definitely reopened now, STN , BHX, MAN and EDI seem to have taken some divs in (IBE A330 to BHX if anyone wants to know)
By: - 12th July 2013 at 18:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That might explain why there were a lot of aircraft in the hold over Southend earlier ?
By: - 12th July 2013 at 18:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
By: - 12th July 2013 at 19:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
At least, from the charred location, it doesn't look like the batteries are at fault this time...
By: - 12th July 2013 at 20:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Anyone got a link to a plan/drawing of the 787 that might show what is in that area of the aircraft?
By: - 12th July 2013 at 20:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I was watching the Thomson on FR24, it flew overhead here in Bolton, was louder than the normal whisper when they pass, on closer look all the main undercarriage was down, which is not the normal for Bolton as around 10,000ft. I think it may have suffered some hydraulic issue.
By: - 12th July 2013 at 21:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Anyone got a link to a plan/drawing of the 787 that might show what is in that area of the aircraft?
I've seen a couple of cutaways to indicate a crew rest is around that position.
By: - 13th July 2013 at 01:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A little early to draw any definite conclusions, but there is increasing evidence that the aircraft is simply unsafe.
Seriously?
Your beloved A380 has wings that are cracking and I've not heard you utter one thing about THAT being unsafe!
Are we really going to go into this Boeing bashing again?
So far what we know of this incident is:
- Fire no where near location of the once troublesome batteries. (Even so, the batteries are in a protective box with no air supply. Any smoke build up vents via pipe work to the outside. So far, no reports of seeing any smoke from these vents.)
- Fire damage appears to be limited to left hand side of the fuselage crown.
- Aircraft powered down (Batteries not in use)
- Ground personnel may have reported seen sparks from ceiling.
- Police are apparently involved, raising the question of sabotage/ deliberate act.
- ET 787s do not have crew rests in that area (According to folks in the know on A.net, so not 100% fireproof )
By: - 13th July 2013 at 10:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The problem is the more incidents, the more bad press, the more operators will start to doubt the aircraft, the more share price will drop.
If the problems persist it won't look good for Boeing.
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By: Newforest - 12th July 2013 at 17:16
Breaking news from BBC World that the airport is closed due to an 'incident' involving an Ethiopian aircraft. No further details available yet.