Boeing 777-200 crash, Jan 17, 2008, London-Heathrow
Boeing 777-200 accident on January 17, 2008 near London-Heathrow, London Metropolis, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Ice accreted in the fuel...
- Date: January 17, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
- Location: London-Heathrow, London Metropolis, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Ice accreted in the fuel system, released and restricted fuel flow at the fuel oil heat exchanger on both engines, after long low-fuel-flow operation in cold fuel. The fuel oil heat exchanger was susceptible to this restriction, and certification requirements had not accounted for the phenomenon.
A British Airways Boeing 777-200 on scheduled flight BA038 from Beijing fell short of Heathrow's Runway 27L on 17 January 2008 after both engines lost thrust during the final approach. The aircraft touched down in the grass undershoot, its landing gear collapsed, and all occupants evacuated by slides. The investigation traced the power loss to ice released inside the fuel system that restricted fuel flow to both engines.