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BA038 lost power on both engines shortly before landing at LHR in January..
The usual second guessing of the crew’s actions immediately ensued.
This is what someone wrote on Pprune, the forum for peole who fly (or are flown) professionally for a living.
While I am not the world’s slowest typist, the time it has taken to type THIS sentence is approximately the time available for the entire process on BA038, from recognition of problem to impact.
And that’s without the time for some minor corrections after the fact – an opportunity the flight crew did not have.
They took and passed with honours one of the shorter courses in test piloting in the whole history of aviation.
It seems a very satisfactory result, all considered.
Job well done.
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