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Heathrow, crashed airplane removed from runway

London, Great Britain - The technical investigation deepens

The British Airways aircraft crash-landed at Heathrow airport last Thursday has finally been removed by the area around the southern runway, where it had ended because of an engine-failure, so as to allow a more thorough examination of the plane and cast light on the causes of the incident. In order to move the over 150 tons of the Boeing-777 hydraulic jacks, air bags and special cranes were employed....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1084813
Rome, Italy, 01/21/2008 16:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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