Initial Reports Indicate Engine Faliure As Cause For BA Crash

Initial findings by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have concluded engine failure was the most likely cause of the crash landing of the BA Boeing 777 flight at Heathrow last Thursday.

According to telemetary data from the aircraft and the accounts of the pilots and passengers investigators have concluded that the aircraft suffered a shutdown of both engine at 600ft above ground level and 2 miles from the airport.

An initial statement has been made about the findings which can be found below:

"At approximately 600 feet and two miles from touch down, the Autothrottle demanded an increase in thrust from the two engines but the engines did not respond." A more concise description of the problem will be made in the next few days as the incident is pieced together.

Some sources have questioned the wisdom of British Airways not grounding its fleet of Boeing 777's in the wake of the incident however assumptions have been made that BA are confident that the problem will not occur on other aircraft.

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Published by: Jon Vickery