HEATHROW CRASH

Photos: BBC and Press Association

British Airways Flight 38 from Beijing crash-landed short of a runway at London’s Heathrow Airport on Jan. 17, 2008. The airline said 136 passengers and 16 crew escaped on emergency slides. There were more than a dozen minor injuries. Airport firefighters applied blankets of foam to the wreckage to prevent leaking jet fuel from erupting in flame.

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INCIDENT REPORT

12:43
G56 HEATHROW
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
HEATHROW AIRPORT, RVP SOUTH

1 Boeing 777 crash landed adjacent to runway. 136 passengers and 16 crew safely evacuated via escape chute. 11 casualties suffering minor injuries removed by L.A.S. 30-35 persons being assessed in triage at survivors reception centre. Foam blanket laid by Airport Fire Service and LFB. 1 Hose Laying Lorry, 3 Bulk Foam Units, 3 Airport Fire Service Foam Tenders,6 Foam Branches, 3500 litres of LFB foam used.

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INITIAL DISPATCH

MOBILISE MOBILISE MOBILISE

INC. 9164081

TOC 12:43:43

TEL. REF MG AIRCRAFT CRASH, E3

@ AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT

@ RVP SOUTH

SOUTHERN PERIMETER ROAD

HAL

HOUNSLOW

MIDDLESEX

TW6

58.Q/98 G56 TQ 07468 74189

RUNWAY 27 LEFT

G561 @ G56 AS PA, 135, RTA, WMR, RT

G392 @ G39 AS PA, RTA

G401 @ G40 AS PA, 135, RTA, WMR

G382 @ G38 AS PA

G381 @ G38 AS PA

H431 @ H43 AS PA

G242 X RT @ G24 AS USRS

SR15 @ A34 AS USR

G306 @ A40 AS USRC, HRTA

H276 @ H27 AS USRC

E216 @ E21 AS USRC

H429 X RT @ H42 AS HLR

CU6 X PAG @ H43 AS CU

H387 @ H38 AS BFU, PM CARRYING BFU3

M20 @ H31 AS USM4, PMU CARRYING S044 USAR MODULE 4

M21 @ H31 AS USM1, PMU CARRYING S041 USAR MODULE 1

O20P X PAG @ O20 AS MRU

G104 X PAG @ G38 AS GM

G40 X PAG @ G56 AS SM

G23 X PAG @ G23 AS SM

G24 X PAG @ G24 AS HZ

E79 X PAG @ H39 AS UA

H42 X PAG @ H42 AS PR