Airline Empires » Boeing http://www.airlineempires.net/blog The Captain Has Turned Off the Seatbelt Sign Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:59:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 British Airways 777 LHR Crash Pictures http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2008/04/british-airways-777-lhr-crash-pictures/ http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2008/04/british-airways-777-lhr-crash-pictures/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:43:15 +0000 admin http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2008/04/06/british-airways-777-lhr-crash-pictures/

For those of you just joining this story, this British Airways 777 experienced a loss of engine control while on approach to London’s Heathrow airport. Barely clearing an airport fence, the plane slammed onto the grass clearway, losing its landing gear, and leaving healthy skid marks announcing its arrival. No fatalities were reported, and only one serious injury.

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]]> http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2008/04/british-airways-777-lhr-crash-pictures/feed/ 3 11 Year-Old Child Survives 800 Miles in 737 Wheel Well http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/09/11-year-old-child-survives-800-miles-in-737-wheel-well/ http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/09/11-year-old-child-survives-800-miles-in-737-wheel-well/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:56:57 +0000 miller22 http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/09/25/11-year-old-child-survives-800-miles-in-737-wheel-well/ Boeing 737I remember the good ‘ol days when I’d get angry at my parents, threaten to run away, and go hide behind the shed in the back yard. Take that parents! But an 11 year-old kid from Siberia actually followed through with his threats. Actually, he more than followed through.

Andrei Lyssov found his way into the wheel well of a 737 for an 800 mile flight from Perm, Siberia to Moscow. Amazingly when the aircraft landed, the boy was still alive. Officials in Moscow said his clothes were frozen to his body, and added “the fact the boy was from Siberia and was conditioned to extremely cold temperatures may have helped him to survive.” 800 miles, -50 degrees celcius or Farhenheit (not even that matters when its that cold), and virtually unbreathable air due to lack of pressurization.737 Wheel Well

So just how comfortable is riding below coach class? I found a picture of the wheel well of a 737, which doesn’t seem to show much room for more than one 11 year-old kid. The amazing thing is that even if you find a way to get into the wheel well, how do you know the space you’re occupying isn’t planned to be occupied by the thousand pound landing gear? Now that there has been a successful stowaway in such drastic conditions, expect Ryanair to start selling tickets in the wheel well. At the very least, you’ll see advertisements for stowaways. Never a lost chance to earn more revenue!

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