BA 777 crash at Heathrow

Andy Hawkins wrote in
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Hi,

In article ,
Bertie the wrote:

It's early yet. there will be more info as the weeks pass, but the
final report will tell the tale.

According to a BBC report I heard on the way home tonight (it's the
BBC, so it *must* be true!), the pilot (the Captain wasn't flying at
the time apparently) reported that the engines didn't respond to the
demand or thrust, so they're calling it 'engine failure'.

Yeah, saw the press conference the skipper had. Very strange.

Like I say, that's the initial report (and via a news agency, so might
need to be taken with a pinch of salt).

Well, yeah. The BBC is better than most ( I'm sure Sky have blamed it
either on the guv'mint or a Paedophile ring by now)
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who's a 777 Captain. he
has no idea either. There isn't anything that strange on the airplane
that might cause that to happen. One winding down isn't unheard of at
all, but both is very strange indeed.
I don't know if the engines have a FADEC or one of the slightly more
traditional fuel control units ( they have various names, like
Electronic control unit or electronic engne control) but I've never
heard of one of these shutting an engine down. The start switches are
the closest thing to what you guys would call a mixture, and unless
someone went insane and pulled them both it's unlikely they would have
actuated whihc is not very likely.
I have to talk to him again later. I'll pick his brains.


Bertie