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| No engine defect on crash plane | No engine defect on crash plane |
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| The engines of a jet that crash-landed at Heathrow Airport had no mechanical defects, investigators have said. | The engines of a jet that crash-landed at Heathrow Airport had no mechanical defects, investigators have said. |
| The special bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) added the engines of the Boeing 777 plane had not ingested birds or ice. | The special bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) added the engines of the Boeing 777 plane had not ingested birds or ice. |
| Last month the AAIB said the engines on the British Airways jet were running when it came down on 17 January. | Last month the AAIB said the engines on the British Airways jet were running when it came down on 17 January. |
| All 136 passengers and 16 crew on the flight from Beijing survived the incident. | All 136 passengers and 16 crew on the flight from Beijing survived the incident. |
| The AAIB said investigations were now "under way to attempt to replicate the damage seen to the engine high pressure fuel pumps and to match this to the data recorded on the accident flight". | The AAIB said investigations were now "under way to attempt to replicate the damage seen to the engine high pressure fuel pumps and to match this to the data recorded on the accident flight". |
| Plane skidded | Plane skidded |
| The AAIB also said that a comprehensive examination and analysis was to be conducted on the entire aircraft and engine fuel system. | The AAIB also said that a comprehensive examination and analysis was to be conducted on the entire aircraft and engine fuel system. |
| With the cockpit crew unable to get the required thrust from the engines as the plane approached Heathrow, the aircraft had come down on the grass "some 1,000ft short of the paved runway surface and just inside the airfield boundary fence", the report on Monday said. | With the cockpit crew unable to get the required thrust from the engines as the plane approached Heathrow, the aircraft had come down on the grass "some 1,000ft short of the paved runway surface and just inside the airfield boundary fence", the report on Monday said. |
| As the plane skidded across the grass and on to the end of the runway, the underside of the aircraft collapsed. | As the plane skidded across the grass and on to the end of the runway, the underside of the aircraft collapsed. |
| All occupants were safely evacuated, with one passenger suffering a broken leg and eight others receiving minor injuries. | |
| Four crew were slightly hurt. | Four crew were slightly hurt. |