OurAirports: Comments on London Heathrow Airport

[EGLL] "Scars" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:10:05 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom:

This is obviously an old photo (pre 17Jan) as you can clearly see the scars left by the undercarriage and engines of the BA38 on the grass area. It shows as a very bright green set of 'tracks'. Could google send their satellite over LHR again soon to see them please?

[EGLL] "Boeing 777 runway undershoot" by david

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:52:35 -0500

Comment by @david on London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom:

On Thursday 17 January 2008, British Airways flight 38, a Boeing 777 inbound from Beijing, landed short of the runway at Heathrow with its gear not fully deployed -- there's some indication that the plane had a power loss. There were only minor injuries, and the airport continued operations using its other runway. Wikipedia is already on top of the story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_BA38

[EGLL] "New terminal" by david

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:14 -0500

Comment by @david on London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom:

In March 2008, Heathrow will be opening its new Terminal 5, with 112 stores and restaurants (designed to handle traffic at the 2012 Olympics). There's a virtual tour at the airport's web site:

http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/site/default/menuitem.d8b3e9cee80c57c1077c4e5d9328c1a0/

[EGLL] "Avoid Heathrow" by david

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:25:18 -0400

Comment by @david on London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom:

Tim Bray has a blog entry on why you should avoid Heathrow at all costs:

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/07/03/Avoid-Heathrow