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What will be the principal reason given for the British Airways crash at Heathrow?

Settled as Mechanical or electronic failure

Background: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7195298.stm - good to see the passengers keeping a stiff upper lip!

Settlement details:This market will be settled as the reason given by investigators into the air crash. If more than one reason is given then it will be settled as the main reason or root cause reason (e.g. if a bird strike caused a mechanical failure the question will be settled as a bird strike). If more than one main reason is given then the question will be voided. Note: This question will be settled based on initial official reports, not the final report (which could take forever...)


SETTLEMENT NOTES:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/britain_plane

 
Forecast history %
Mechanical or electronic failure
76%
Bird strike
3%
Wind shear
1%
Fuel starvation
9%
Pilot error
7%
Other
4%
Settled as Mechanical or electronic failure on Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST

Suspend date: None
Settlement date: Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Mechanical or electronic failure: 19%, Bird strike: 19%, Wind shear: 19%, Fuel starvation: 19%, Pilot error: 19%, Other: 5%

Action history:

Created Fri 18th Jan 2008 10:32am PST by nigeleccles[Admin]
Settled Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST

Suspend date: None
Settlement date: Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 29th Jan 2008 3:31am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (106)

1 year ago
coolbits2k predicted Mechanical or electronic failure (H$20 at 76%)
1 year ago
pocket_sheep predicted Mechanical or electronic failure (H$100 at 75%)
1 year ago
moments_end predicted Mechanical or electronic failure (H$100 at 74%)
1 year ago
xeth predicted Mechanical or electronic failure (H$100 at 73%)
1 year ago
joel predicted Mechanical or electronic failure (H$100 at 72%)

Comments (1)

I just noticed that we settled this question too early. Unfortunately, we can't currently unsettle a question. What we will do is leave it as settled and if the result comes back as a different outcome we will pay out to users who held that outcome as well.

Sorry for the mistake.
posted 1 year ago

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