Breaking: BA 777 severely damaged in Heathrow emergency landing

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Passengers have been evacuated from a British Airways Boeing 777 after it was severely damaged while landing at London Heathrow.

More to follow...

Update: News story on the BA 777 incident at Heathrow is up and discussions are underway in Air Space.

Update 2: Journalists Richard Sambrook and Nick Robinson have been caught up in the delays at Heathrow and have posted about the crash on their blogs.

Update 3: Photos of the Heathrow plane crash up on AirSpace

Update 4:

Video report courtesy of the Aviation Safety Network:

Update 5:

Video: Flight's Safety and Operations Editor David Learmount gives his experienced views on the Heathrow incident, plus there is a graphic detailing how the incident occured.

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Anybody else notice that the APU Air Inlet,
just aft of the rudder was OPEN. Did the crew try to start the APU in flight for back-up
electrical/hydraulic power? Just very glad everybody got out OK and looks like a very good job by the crew.

A suggestion, after the investigation, why not chop the wings off and use the fuselage as a Cabin-Trainer?

No fire, thank goodness ... No fuel leaks then ... What was the aircraft's fuel state ???
JP

Just another little thought. If there was a total electrical power failure, would this cause the FADECs to "freeze" at selected power-setting?

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