G-YMMM after the crash at London Heathrow Airport.
Accident
Date
17 January 2008 (2008-01-17)
Summary
Fuel starvation caused by ice in the fuel/oil heat exchangers, crashed short of runway
Site
London Heathrow Airport, England, United Kingdom 51°27′54″N0°25′54″W / 51.46500°N 0.43167°W / 51.46500; -0.43167
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 777-236ER
Operator
British Airways
IATA flight No.
BA38
ICAO flight No.
BAW38
Call sign
SPEEDBIRD 38
Registration
G-YMMM
Flight origin
Beijing Capital International Airport, China
Destination
London Heathrow Airport, England, United Kingdom
Occupants
152
Passengers
136
Crew
16
Fatalities
0
Injuries
47 (1 serious)
Survivors
152
G-YMMM, the aircraft involved in the accident in May 2002
British Airways Flight 38 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, to London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, an 8,100-kilometre (4,400 nmi; 5,000 mi) trip. On 17 January 2008, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft operating the flight crashed just short of the runway while landing at Heathrow.[1][2][3] No fatalities occurred; of the 152 people on board, 47 sustained injuries, one serious.[4] It was the first time in the aircraft type's history that a Boeing 777 was declared a hull loss, and subsequently written off.[5][6]
The accident was investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and a final report was issued in 2010. Ice crystals in the jet fuel were blamed as the cause of the accident, clogging the fuel/oil heat exchanger (FOHE) of each engine. This restricted fuel flow to the engines when thrust was demanded during the final approach to Heathrow.[7] The AAIB identified this rare problem as specific to Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine FOHEs. Rolls-Royce developed a modification to the FOHE; the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandated all affected aircraft to be fitted with the modification before 1 January 2011.[4][8] The US Federal Aviation Administration noted a similar incident occurring on an Airbus A330 fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines and ordered an airworthiness directive to be issued, mandating the redesign of the FOHE in Rolls-Royce Trent 500, 700, and 800 engines.[9]
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^Henry, Emma; Britten, Nick (17 January 2008). "Heathrow plane crash pilot 'lost all power'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
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"Profile: Boeing 777". BBC News. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
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"Accident to Boeing 777-236, G-YMMM at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008 – Initial Report Update". Air Accidents Investigation Branch. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
^"Safety Recommendation A-09-17 and −18" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2011.
^Croft, John. "Boeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks". Flight Global. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
^"Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc RB211-Trent 500, 700, and 800 Series Turbofan Engines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2015.
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