Photo by Jordan Masters On the news today, coverage about the British Airways Boeing 777-200 engine fire in Las Vegas which saw the BBC publish one of the best photographs I have seen this year (reproduced across).
The people strolling away from the plane look almost nonchalant despite the scary scene behind them and the potential risk of the aircraft exploding. What a photo, what a moment in time.
The shot reminds me of the scene at the end of Independence Day when Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum wander away from the crashed alien ship.
If you visit the BBC news website link below, I urge you to listen to the pilot radioing in the fire and asking for backup. That chap was as cool as a cucumber, no suggestion of panic at all. Just the kind of person you’d want to be in charge in the circumstances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34193767
Thank God that the aircraft had its catastrophic engine failure before it had got off the ground. What is a dramatic story of good fortune and calmness under pressure could have so easily have been a nightmarish calamity instead.
There were no fatalities at all – amazing given the potential!
No doubt the next few days will see similar aircraft grounded and mud/blame thrown around like confetti; one thing that needs to be remembered (applauded even) in all the negativity is the quality of the training that BA must give its air crews to deal with such events.
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The people strolling away from the plane look almost nonchalant despite the scary scene behind them and the potential risk of the aircraft exploding. What a photo, what a moment in time.
The shot reminds me of the scene at the end of Independence Day when Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum wander away from the crashed alien ship.
If you visit the BBC news website link below, I urge you to listen to the pilot radioing in the fire and asking for backup. That chap was as cool as a cucumber, no suggestion of panic at all. Just the kind of person you’d want to be in charge in the circumstances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34193767
Thank God that the aircraft had its catastrophic engine failure before it had got off the ground. What is a dramatic story of good fortune and calmness under pressure could have so easily have been a nightmarish calamity instead.
There were no fatalities at all – amazing given the potential!
No doubt the next few days will see similar aircraft grounded and mud/blame thrown around like confetti; one thing that needs to be remembered (applauded even) in all the negativity is the quality of the training that BA must give its air crews to deal with such events.
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