Pilot Talks About Boeing 777 Crash

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plane Pilot Talks About Boeing 777 Crash London, Feb 10, (PRINTWORDS NEWS) A former British Airways pilot of Boeing 777 thought all people on the plane would die following the plane crash two years ago. The pilot said, ”I thought it was my time to die.” The Captain Peter Burkill and his co-pilot were considered heroes after they successfully avoided the disaster. A recent investigation found that the cause of the crash was a power failure. The plane apparently lost power because there was an obstruction due to ice which restricted fuel from flowing into the engines. Peter Burkill revealed that till today the thought of the incident gives him a shudder. He said, “I always think about it – as well as my wife – it will probably never leave me.” He reported that while the plane was landing it lost power. He added, “It was about 35 seconds until we were due to touch down and it was about 500ft (152.4m) – when we were just passing the north-side of Hounslow Heath, we were about two miles (3.22km) from the landing runway when we became aware there was a problem.”

Captain Peter Burkill reportedly said there was no warning that there was a power failure in both the engines of the plane and the pilots of Boeing could not initially believe what was happening. According to him not even a second was left for him to decide on something. He said, “It naturally became apparent that we were going to crash and we were not going to make the runway.” Since he was the captain he had to immediately take an action and make sure that no one died. He said, “My view of that accident from that point was that we were going to start descending very quickly-about an 1,800 feet (548.64m) descent rate and I could see the impact point was going to be around about the Hatton Cross area which includes catering buildings, a Tube station and a petrol station.”

He apparently told the co-pilot John Coward not to stop flying while he tried to figure out the cause of the problem. His target was to get the plane away from the Heatthrow perimeter road. He said no one in the plane was ever trained to face such a situation. However, these brave and instinctive men landed safely and saved the lives of many.

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