Ba 777

[Craig Lindsay]

Just wanting to know if the BA777 that crash landed at LHR has been fix or been written off

[Mike W]

Written off Craig. I believe it to be the first (and only I hope) 777 to written off from an accident.

see photos here...

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=%3D%22boeing+7 77-200%22&airlinesearch=%3A%28%22british+airways%22+OR+%22%2 8british+airways%29%22+OR+%22%28british+airways%29 %29%22%29&countrysearch=&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=Accident&range=&sort_order=datestamp+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&searchSubmit=Searching%2C+please+wait...

[Grahame Hutchison]

Having seen it at the crash site first hand the day after, it would definitely be written off. To hit the ground so hard on the grass between the road and the threshold, and ending up just on the edge of the runway threshold area, the whole airframe would have been stressed severely.

From AirSpace ..


British Airways (BA) is declaring as a write-off the Boeing 777-200ER (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/01/218144/boeing-777-aircraft-profile.html) which was severely damaged in an accident at London Heathrow last month.
The British Airways-owned aircraft crashed short of Heathrow’s runway 27L on 17 January.
In its update on the inquiry this week the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch described the damage as “beyond economic repair” and a BA spokesman confirms the aircraft is to be written off.