Report confirms that ice buildup caused Boeing 777’s crash landing at Heathrow Airport

Report: Ice buildup caused Heathrow crash landing

LONDON — A British accident report has confirmed that a buildup of ice in the fuel lines of a Boeing 777 jet caused its crash landing at London’s Heathrow Airport two years ago.

U.S. and European regulators moved to impose modifications to the engines of some jets after the British Airways plane fell 330 meters (1,080 feet) short of the airport’s runway on Jan. 17, 2008. More than a dozen people were injured.

Investigators had suspected that water usually present in aircraft fuel froze up, choking off the engines. That was confirmed in Tuesday’s report.