VS043 safe emergency landing at LGW 29 Dec 14

I cannot believe that some woman posted on the VS facebook page before the plane had even landed about what was happening to the flight from LAS tonight and if VS would pay for a hotel !

Selfish beyond words.

If anyone wants a laugh, go to the Mail Online!

The article itself does however give great positive feedback on the crew.

tontybear,
I would like to think that she didn't understand the seriousness of the situation or have the full facts regarding why there was no plane to operate VS44.

So glad to see a positive outcome to this situation. Watched it unfold on Planefinder from the circling over the North Devon coast at lunchtime to the successful landing back at LGW. Mightily relieved that everyone is unhurt and G-VROM will fly another day.
Congratulations on a wonderfully professional performance by everyone involved. To the passengers, I really felt for you all throughout the whole afternoon.

G-VROS....

If anyone wants a laugh, go to the Mail Online!

The article itself does however give great positive feedback on the crew.

It's the comments....some of them make me shudder...

If anyone wants a laugh, go to the Mail Online!

The article itself does however give great positive feedback on the crew.

Well done Captain er "Dave"

Good job to all of the Virgin crew

Just been reading some of the comments on Twitter, some passengers want compensation

I've only just heard about this, and only then cos I saw there had been some flights diverted to Southend airport, not too far from me. I didn't even bother checking the BBC, came straight here for the story!

Very glad to hear all are safe...

Just out of interest, how do the logistics work now in terms of getting PAX that want to fly out to LAS and PAX back from LAS?

Craig Kreeger has said there'll be a special replacement flight tomorrow.

Database shows Barbarella at Gatwick yesterday all day. Rumour mill says plane was in hangar having 'a similar issue' attended to.....

All credit to the crew - excellent job!

Good job to all of the Virgin crew

Just been reading some of the comments on Twitter, some passengers want compensation

Crass as it may sound given the great job the crew did here, under EU261 they may very well be entitled to €600 per head.

i just heard about this.
firstly so glad it ended well and massive respect to all the crew.
but only one thing i dont understand, if the plane was departing then why would there have been a problem with the landing gear not deploying? if the landing gear is retracted after take off how did they come to realise there was an issue? woukdnt this have happened when the plane was coming in to land?

Good job to all of the Virgin crew

Just been reading some of the comments on Twitter, some passengers want compensation

Crass as it may sound given the great job the crew did here, under EU261 they may very well be entitled to €600 per head.

Nope this really is 'extraordinary circumstances' under the regulation.

That won't stop VS possibly offering something but it will be on their terms so a select flight voucher or miles.

If anyone wants a laugh, go to the Mail Online!

The article itself does however give great positive feedback on the crew.

It's the comments....some of them make me shudder...

To be fair there are now a bunch piling in saying the DM reporting is crass...and apparently they were flying in from New York...

i just heard about this.
firstly so glad it ended well and massive respect to all the crew.
but only one thing i dont understand, if the plane was departing then why would there have been a problem with the landing gear not deploying? if the landing gear is retracted after take off how did they come to realise there was an issue? woukdnt this have happened when the plane was coming in to land?

Pilots get a 3 green lights when gear's down and locked, lights out when gear's retracted, and red when the gear position disagrees with the levers position. Upon gear retraction the pilots would have had 1 red light and the rest out, thus they'd have been aware of the problem almost immediately after take off.

[Darren Wheeler]

Another reason to love the 747. First designed in the 60's when accountants didn't overrule engineers.

Good job to all of the Virgin crew

Just been reading some of the comments on Twitter, some passengers want compensation

Crass as it may sound given the great job the crew did here, under EU261 they may very well be entitled to €600 per head.

Nope this really is 'extraordinary circumstances' under the regulation.

That won't stop VS possibly offering something but it will be on their terms so a select flight voucher or miles.

If i was on the flight and compo was offered i'd offer a drink (while off duty) to all the crew on board. Sounds fair i think!

thanks seany
so just the usual bad reporting from a qualified reporter lol
but as usual vflyer is much more reliable.
plus @darrenwheeler bean counters are scary lol

Good interview from LBC from one of the PAX

https://audioboom.com/boos/2761860-pass ... ce=twitter

Not sure if this is ok to post so sorry to all the mods if this is not...

All pax on 11am take off tomorrow (think CK said this) and they are all in the Hilton with room and food / drinks.

Not sure if this has been posted as a raw file but here is a video from today's emergency landing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLpRu1EzyGE

Fascinating to hear the radio from the relevant services during the landing.

Great that it was a safe landing and massive respect to the VS flight crew who brought her down safely.

having just watched that landing can only say...wow...thats what these pilots train for and,boy did they do a fantastic job phew.

Someone has posted what happened onboard, viewable below. Cabin seems very calm considering the situation. Incredibly calm crew, top work!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152484444725919&pnref=story

Excellent work from all the crew concerned . Maybe this will chivvy the idiots who ignore/ talk over the crew safety briefings ( and IMHO this culture is worse in premium cabins) into paying attention on each and every flight .

DL

Good job to all of the Virgin crew

Just been reading some of the comments on Twitter, some passengers want compensation

Crass as it may sound given the great job the crew did here, under EU261 they may very well be entitled to €600 per head.

It looks like some pax did get compensation:

https://twitter.com/DanCrane1/status/549857885002678272

Presumably a "goodwill gesture" rather than compensation but still a nice touch.

I wonder how many of those vouchers never get used though ...

Ah yes, very true, gumshoe. In general (i.e. aside from the specific nature of this case), does accepting such a goodwill gesture preclude pax from claiming further compensation under EU261?