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Here’s a great (and disturbing) video of the British Airways aircraft stored at Bournemouth Airport

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If you’ve got three minutes to spare, take a look at this YouTube video. It was filmed by David DuValle.

It was shot (with permission) at Bournemouth Airport using a drone.  It gives you an amazing view of all of the British Airways aircraft parked up, including a few Boeing 747s.

You even see the ‘Landor’ retro livery Boeing 747.  We covered the ‘Landor’ 747 repaint here.

The video includes a few dull shots shots of shuttered interior of Bournemouth Airport, but if you stick with it, it quickly cuts back to the parked British Airways fleet.

It is a fascinating and slightly disturbing watch.

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Comments (27)

  • Graham Walsh says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:10

    Thanks for sharing. Very eerie

    • The Original David says:
      4 Apr4 April 18:30

      Well, the eeriness is very much down to the music. Mute the video, stick on Elgar’s Nimrod and it’s all much more inspirational!

  • Vit says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:25

    Maybe a noob (but still a wee geek) question though — anyone know why the engine covers are seen/used for smaller aircraft while the bigger ones (i.e. the queen) use a protective-strap instead?

    • The Original Nick says:
      4 Apr4 April 19:57

      I spotted that

    • ADS says:
      5 Apr5 April 14:12

      the short haul aircraft arrived first – so maybe the staff just haven’t got around to fitting the B747 engine covers yet. or maybe there’s a worldwide shortage of engine covers !

      you can see photos of B747s with covers if you google: Two British Airways Boeing 747 passenger jets with engine covers parked at Cardiff Airport UK March 2009

  • Mikeact says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:25

    Hopefully, won’t become a UK graveyard.

  • Dave Barron says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:43

    Very surreal. Bet it was a challenge just to park them all up! Let’s hope it’s all short lived and they’re back in the air soon.

  • CapeCam says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:47

    look Closely and you can see the Virgin 340’s in the background. They ae very unlikely to fly with the Virgin tailplane again

  • Mikeact says:
    4 Apr4 April 18:48

    Just thinking…are some of these planes likely to be scrapped or abandoned……rust…uneconomic ? Storing in Bournemouth is not quite like the drier air of the South West US.

    • Rob says:
      4 Apr4 April 19:03

      Some 747 retirements were accelerated and they have already gone off to the scrap yard. I can only assume, at present, they intend to keep the Bournmouth ones. Given that planes will be lighty loaded for a while when services restart, however, it is hard to see much of a future for them or the A380s. Only the low oil price justifies keeping them.

  • Me says:
    4 Apr4 April 19:09

    British airways have a lot more aircraft that that. Where are the rest of them parked up?

  • Charlie Cavaye says:
    4 Apr4 April 21:14

    There is no doubt in my mind that the worldwide spread of this virus is down to air travel, so it is fitting that it is airlines who are suffering as a result. The first “victims” outside China appear to be folk who were lucky enough to travel internationally. “Hell mend them” as my mother would have said.

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