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Aviation events for January 17

1906: The second Zeppelin (LZ-2) built makes its first successful flight over Lake Constance, Germany, achieving a speed of 25 mph.
 
1938: William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), died at age 79.
 
1948: BOAC begins to replace its Boeing 314 flying boat with the Lockheed Constellation on the Baltimore (USA)--Bermuda route.
 
1962: A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m.
 
1968: Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft.
 
1970: Sukhoi T-6-2IG (prototype of Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer').
 
1976: Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency.
 
1979: Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto in 1930, died at age 90.
 
1980: NASA launches Fltsatcom-3.
 
1986: Voyager 2 - USA Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune Flyby (Launched August 20, 1977) flew by Uranus[/link. Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter on July 9, 1979, Saturn on August 26, 1981, Uranus on January 24, 1986, and Neptune on August 24, 1989.
 
British Airways Boeing 777-236(ER) (G-YMMM) at  London - Heathrow, United Kingdom
2008: British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777-200ER G-YMMM, flying from Beijing to London, crash-landed approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) short of London Heathrow Airport's runway 27L, and slid onto the runway's threshold. This resulted in damage to the landing gear, the wing roots, and the engines, resulting in the first hull loss of a Boeing 777. There were 136 passengers and 16 crew on board. 1 serious and 12 minor injuries were sustained. The initial report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch stated that the engines repeatedly failed to respond to commands for more thrust from both the autothrottle system and from manual intervention, beginning when the aircraft was at an altitude of 600 feet (180 m) and 2 miles (3.2 km) from touchdown. In September 2008, it was revealed that ice in the fuel might have caused the crash. In early 2009, Boeing sent an update to aircraft operators, identifying the problem as specific to the Rolls-Royce engine oil-fuel flow heat exchangers.
 
 
 

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