Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

I do hope man and machine are okay - could have been very nasty by the looks of the aerial shots

Crew OK - hope 655 is too.

She's now back on the pan after a very long and very hard day's recovery work. We'll have a better idea of damage next week but she looks to be reasonably ok.

So glad to hear

I haven't inspected yet, but from what others tell me we have lost an engine. This isn't a major issue - we have one old and one new available. My main concern is damage to the undercarriage, but she certainly tows straight and true. We weren't actually travelling very fast when we left the runway, but from that point there was very little retardation until she "dug in". Total distance travelled off the tarmac was about 50 mtrs.

Glad everyone's ok and hopefully she will get a clean bill og=f health once you have all had a chance to look over her.