Lighthouse

Virgin do have previous with this. I'm afraid it was filmed with a toaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NprTbTVl1Uk

I think it's safe to say this hasn't been a great year for Malaysian aviation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2891137/AirAsia-plane-carrying-153-people-overshoots-runway-Philippines-forcing-passengers-evacuate-emergency-slides.html?ito=social-facebook Relatively minor incident but still not good.

I am. The speed restriction on the landing gear is surprisingly high and they could quite conceivably have made it up to cruise altitude at a reasonable speed. Basically flying is done being indicated airspeed (IAS) which isn't actually your speed, just a measurement of pressure. The pitot probes are just measuring the amount of air moving past. At higher altitudes the air is thinner, so you need to fly faster to get the same IAS. At cruise altitudes a 737 will typically be doing 450 knots ground speed (corrected for wind) but will only have 250 knots of 'pressure' if that makes sense. The 747 is a fair bit quicker but the same principle still applies.

Agree with this. There's no point wasting a day on the mountains learning the basics on 200 yards of piste.

It is likely that they continued the flight as normal whilst carrying out their check lists. Afterall they needed to dump fuel anyway if they wanted to return, might as well continue towards Vegas then they still have fuel to get there if they rectify the problem. Steve is right, I would say both approaches would be done to try and get visual information from the ground. It doesn't need to be an engineer but any ground ops vehicle with a decent view should be able to tell if the gear is down. It could after all have been a faulty indication and the gear itself could have been working fine.

Possible but all commercial aircraft are fitted with a manual gear release for use in the event hydraulics are lost. Basically the locking mechanisms are released and the gear falls down through gravity. If this, combined with a few high g-force turns didn't force the gear down I'd be inclined to think it was a specific gear problem. Or a combination of both.

It wouldn't make a lot of difference but the engines are in front of the main gear. If you think of the gear as a pivot, then pushing down behind it would lift everything in front. Once the plane starts to decelerate the elevator becomes less effective, so it wouldn't really matter. However if the engines were going to hit the ground, you might be able to delay it until you are 5 or 10 knots slower. You are right, it will create more down force on the gear but they should be able to take that even with one missing. This isn't official Boeing, it's just what I would have done. Looking at the video again, it appears this pilot might have done the same.

None of it was computer aided, it would have been manually flown. To be honest it wouldn't have been any different to a normal landing except after landing he would have given it max aileron to the left and full nose up. It was a pretty hard landing to be honest. You can't blame the pilot really given the pressure but he would probably have liked a smoother touchdown that that. That's not a criticism, the crew did a good job.

I'd agree with Kraken's list. Been to Morzine and it is a decent resort for beginners. Stayed in Les Gets so wouldn't know anything about the night life. Les Gets is decent enough too and only an hour from Geneva. Night life okay but nothing special.

Lallana and Dyer starting tonight. Lambert on the bench, no Lovren.

That and his right outboard landing gear isn't down. I was out in Crawley and saw this aircraft making a low approach and go around. I thought it was odd that he hadn't retracted his landing gear, didn't realise it was that serious.

You wont get jet lagged flying to and from Africa. Even places like Somalia and Djibouti are only about 3 hours ahead.

Downing is having a decent season, looking much more like the player Liverpool bought. Bertrand has got to be worth a mention too, he looked average enough at Villa but is starting to look like one of the best full backs in the League.

There is an interesting psychology to it. I think Jeremy Clarkson alluded to something similar on Top Gear (or maybe QI) that if you remove all seat belts, air bags and replace them with a huge poisoned metal spike pointing directly at the heart, motoring deaths will actually fall. Perhaps people weating helmets subconciously take more risks and fall foul of other injuries. I know that sounds like a lame excuse for not wearing one but I would be interested to see some stats.

Probably harsh on Gardos who hasn't done anything wrong and looked okay so far. Long has done alright but not really looked £12m. I'm not really counting Taider

My point is that this may be our best ever chance to get into the Champions League. People who suggested this after 10 games were often shouted down with sarcastic cries of, "I can't wait to tell my grand kids about the time we finished sixth." etc. I think it's a fair question. Against Ipswich and in the later rounds if we progress, should we rest more players than we did in the League Cup? IMO yes.

After the Burnley defeat and before Sheff Utd many people would have said we're dropping away and we should focus on the Cup. Now though we are half way through the season, every team has played each other and there is no other way to put it... we are forth. So which team would you put out against Ipswich? Should we rest key players like Pelle and Morgan so they are fitter for League fixtures? Personally I would say yes, as we have a real shout at the top four. I still think it's unlikely but more likely than making it all the way to Wembley.

A repeat of New Years days two years ago when Saints took an impressive 1-1 draw. This fixture has been drawn on the last 3 occasions with a 2-2 draw last season, also in January. Morgan has a 1 match suspension. Pelle is NOT suspended. Bertrand is available. Clyne is either fit or having his leg amputated depend on which twitter feed you believe. Giroud misses this game, the second of a 3 match ban.

Finally taken something against one of the big teams and it was the biggest of them all. It may not have been pretty but to go up against Chelsea and walk off the pitch as equals will be a huge psychological boost. We haven't taken points from a top team for a long time now, so that's a monkey off our backs. Good to hear Targett had a good match. What is it with this our academy and left backs?

We've now played everybody in the League once, I thought we'd have a quick fire review on the first half of the season Players Best player - Wanyama Best signing - Toby Worst player - Mayuka Worst Signing - Gardos hasn't really made an impact Best goal - Clyne at Arsenal Games Best team we've played - Man City Best player we have faced - Aguero Worst team we've played - Sunderland Worst player we have faced - Mannone Best Saints performance - Thought Newcastle was as good as the 8-0 Worst Saints performance - Sheff Utd The Premier League To win - Chelsea To go down - Leicester, Palace, Burnley Other team which has over performed - West Ham Other team which has under performed - Liverpool Best player - Hazard Worst player - Is Altidore still kicking around at Sunderland?

City we were outplayed, Burnley we were crap, Utd had 2 shots all game and Arsenal we kept a clean sheet until we had 10 men at the end. Fonte made a mistake against Man Utd but none of those games were lost because of Yoshi and Jose.

Like we did against Everton?

They've both been excellent in most of our previous games and stopped the best team in England from getting a shot until stoppage time. I think I can live with those kind of 'weak links'.

When a player like Hazard decides to turn up there is very little you can do, he is up there with the very best in Europe. Lets hope we can keep him quiet in the second half.

Oh Bummery