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Old March 17th 08, 07:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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Default BA 777 crash at Heathrow

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On Mar 16, 3:20*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Tina wrote
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No independent verification of this, but interesting


BOEING 777 Crash


Prime Minister Dr. Gordon Brown's motorcade was passing under the


approach path of BA038. His security system utilized an RF
transmitter to block out


any cell-phone triggered devices. Apparently this system has a two
mile


range, and it caused the Boeing 777 EEC's (electronic engine
controls) to sense a


"overboost" situation, thereby commanding a reduced-thrust
situation for


the engines, simultaneously. Most interesting.


We'll see how Boeing and the BAA handle this one. This could be


potentially bad, in view of the simplicity of technology that the
bad guys


could use to bring down an airliner.


On Jan 17, 8:23*pm, "Blueskies"
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What the heck happened? Fuel starvation? Doesn't sound like wind
shear cou
ld have been an issue.


http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...rld/2004130291
_apbritai.
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This was brought up by some newspaper or another around the time it
happened.
It's looking like it was fuel waxing in any case, but they'll be a
hile with this one. Meanwhile some other airline had one spool down
in a similar fashion in LA, I think it was.

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I was thinking that slush in the tanks may have been behind the power
loss. If the plane was at a fairly low fuel level and changed pitch
attitude on approach, slush could have been sucked into the fuel
lines. Only a small amount of water slush would have been required to
cause a problem. Post crash, the slush would be gone, and may even
have passed through the engines just prior to the crash, but too late
to restore power to the engines. Just a thought...


Could be, but the fuel itself can freeze. it was a polar flight and
apparently the were getting concerned about fuel temp and asked for a
lower FL but didn't get it.


Bertie