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[Official Old Man]

And Sky get the first passenger interview.

 

[easynow]

Unexpected incidents of this kind DO happen quite a lot, but this one was definitely towards the more extreme end of the scale. The jettisoning of so much fuel, the prolongued re-routing and the multiple landing attempts indicate that.

A massive well done to all involved for bringing this one to a safe conclusion.

well done indeed.Just saying with the recent air asia incident it's newsworthy for the media. They do it all the time.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

well done indeed.Just saying with the recent air asia incident it's newsworthy for the media. They do it all the time.

Ive been at Virgin almost 5 years and this is the most serious I have seen anyone

 

[Brighthelmstone]

Ive been at Virgin almost 5 years and this is the most serious I have seen anyone

Likewise, 8 years for me and this is the first serious incident, thankfully all friends, crew and passengers down safely!

 

[Everest]

My brother is an aeronautical engineer for Virgin at LGW.

For some reason he's working for EasyJet tonight though.

 

[Brighthelmstone]

My brother is an aeronautical engineer for Virgin at LGW.

For some reason he's working for EasyJet tonight though.

we do a lot of maintenance for Easy

 

[Everest]

we do a lot of maintenance for Easy

Cheers.

Not his fault!

 

[Motogull]

That's great news. All involved, even Dicky Branstone, must have have been bricking it as the runway got closer.

 

[maltaseagull]

we do a lot of maintenance for Easy

Do they charge you £5 for a sandwich too?

(On another note really pleased and relieved this incident turned out so well. Must have been terrifying for all on board.)

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Well done to the crew, apparently it was a textbook landing in this scenario. With over 400 on board it had potential to be a disaster but it has been averted.

First time I have known the M23 and the Brighton Mainline to be closed due to an emergency landing too - but good decision to do so just in case. Total length of closures for the M23 and railway was around 10-15 minutes - of course had they not have been closed, there could have been something very serious, especially if VS43 came down short of the runway in the path of a commuter train.

Everything in and out of Gatwick is being cancelled or diverted to Luton or Stansted at present. If Gatwick had a 2nd runway, it would still be open right now....

 

[swindonseagull]

Well done to the crew, apparently it was a textbook landing in this scenario. With over 400 on board it had potential to be a disaster but it has been averted.

First time I have known the M23 and the Brighton Mainline to be closed due to an emergency landing too - but good decision to do so just in case. Total length of closures for the M23 and railway was around 10-15 minutes - of course had they not have been closed, there could have been something very serious, especially if VS43 came down short of the runway in the path of a commuter train.

Everything in and out of Gatwick is being cancelled or diverted to Luton or Stansted at present. If Gatwick had a 2nd runway, it would still be open right now....

Why would an aircraft with a landing gear problem come down short of a runway? me thinks you have been watching to many disaster movies...

 

[swindonseagull]

My brother is an aeronautical engineer for Virgin at LGW.

For some reason he's working for EasyJet tonight though.

Lets hope he was not working on that 747 last night!! rumours on avation websites it was in the hanger with UC problems....although would not have been signed of without full retractions and duplicates..

 

[Dick Head]

Landed safely on sky

Are you sure they didn't land safely on solid ground?

 

[pb21]

Why would an aircraft with a landing gear problem come down short of a runway? me thinks you have been watching to many disaster movies...

I'm guessing, but maybe because they didn't know the full extent of the damage and wanted to use the full extent of the runway and therefore would land earlier than normal, meaning that the normal safety area needed to be extended?

 

[Red'n'Blue]

 

[bravohotelalpha]

Amazing - tremendous skill (& poss a little help from the gentleman upstairs)

 

[Man of Harveys]

Amazing skill - look at how he lines it up after it's touched down, having skewed it to one side initially. Amazing. No pressure, eh?

LOVE the way he basically asks the ATC "erm, are we on fire at all?". Cool as the proverbial cucumber.

 

[Red'n'Blue]

Full Video here:

 

[beorhthelm]

First time I have known the M23 and the Brighton Mainline to be closed due to an emergency landing too - but good decision to do so just in case.

feels rather OTT for the road. okay the rail is a ~100m from the run way, but the M23 is about 2km (1 1/4 miles in old money)

Amazing - tremendous skill (& poss a little help from the gentleman upstairs)

let not invoke deities into this, unless you want to accept that they allowed the failure in the first place. you know, just as a test or something.

 

[bravohotelalpha]

feels rather OTT for the road. okay the rail is a ~100m from the run way, but the M23 is about 2km (1 1/4 miles in old money)



let not invoke deities into this, unless you want to accept that they allowed the failure in the first place. you know, just as a test or something.

Okay, okay but listening to the jumbo flying out into seaford bay time and time again all I could do was pray - higher power, positive thoughts - I'm not really sure ...