Heathrow Airport: Two planes collide on runway
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FFS when will the BBC get proper aviation reporters who understand that the apron is not a runway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
BBC article states…
“There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
“There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
48k said:
FFS when will the BBC get proper aviation reporters who understand that the apron is not a runway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
The Beeb's reporting is woeful, but they still are the best of a bad lot (as evidenced by the Mirror's headline.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
tim0409 said:
BBC article states…
“There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
Pretty obvious they meant no delays to other flights. “There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
MitchT said:
Brother D said:
Some people need to be in jail for this level of hysteria...
I agree. If you only read the headline you'd be expecting something akin to Tenerife '77 when it's actually the aviation equivalent of a car park scrape. They really need to get grown ups to do the writing.aeropilot said:
Brother D said:
It is about time that the media was take to task over such over the top hysteria.......
- *EDIT*** The original BBC webpage had a very different headline to the current "just a minor bump" one (two planes "collide" at Heathrow) and Yes, I know the one in the quote is from the Mirror!
Now for an "advertiser" based Media site I can at least understand that, as more clicks = more impressions on customers = more money from advertisers, but for the BBC website and BBC "journalists" (in the very loosest of terms), who have absolutely ZERO need to continually drop to a similar almost "gutter level" as the Mirror etc, to do so makes me so sad compared to how well respected it used to be.
Edited by IanH755 on Sunday 7th April 00:33
IanH755 said:
- *EDIT*** The original BBC webpage had a very different headline to the current "just a minor bump" one (two planes "collide" at Heathrow) and Yes, I know the one in the quote is from the Mirror!
Now for an "advertiser" based Media site I can at least understand that, as more clicks = more impressions on customers = more money from advertisers, but for the BBC website and BBC "journalists" (in the very loosest of terms), who have absolutely ZERO need to continually drop to a similar almost "gutter level" as the Mirror etc, to do so makes me so sad compared to how well respected it used to be.
Edited by IanH755 on Sunday 7th April 00:33
For the BBC, the number of clicks could mean user statistics to prove value for money of licence fee
leef44 said:
The truth would be passenger aeroplane wing clipped while parking.
No, the aircraft had already parked. The truth would be it was being pushed back from the terminal by a tug to be towed to a remote stand.At least the BBC have edited their story now and moderated the sensationalism and innaccuracies slightly.
captain_cynic said:
48k said:
FFS when will the BBC get proper aviation reporters who understand that the apron is not a runway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
The Beeb's reporting is woeful, but they still are the best of a bad lot (as evidenced by the Mirror's headline.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
tim0409 said:
BBC article states…
“There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
Pretty obvious they meant no delays to other flights. “There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
tim0409 said:
captain_cynic said:
48k said:
FFS when will the BBC get proper aviation reporters who understand that the apron is not a runway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
The Beeb's reporting is woeful, but they still are the best of a bad lot (as evidenced by the Mirror's headline.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749...
tim0409 said:
BBC article states…
“There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
Pretty obvious they meant no delays to other flights. “There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic plane.”
then a bit later…
“The passengers on the British Airways flight were scheduled to depart to Accra, Ghana, at 12:40 BST.
British Airways said it provided an alternative aircraft for them, which was rescheduled to take off at 18:00.”
It was pretty obvious what they meant.
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