The wreckage of flight BA038 was safely moved to an engineering base tonight after it was transported inch by inch from the southern runway at Heathrow Airport.
The Boeing 777 started its slow 500m journey from the end of the southern runway to British Airways' base at Hatton Cross this afternoon.
The jet, positioned outside a hangar, will now remain there while investigators try to determine why the aircraft apparently lost power in mid-air as it approached Heathrow Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Pilots were forced to crash-land the aeroplane, which was on a British Airways flight from Beijing, when its engines failed.
All 136 passengers and 16 crew escaped safely.
Members of the Air Accident Investigation Branch have remained with the jet since the crash-landing, working to determine the cause of the fault.
An initial report released said all had gone normally with the flight until the aircraft was just 3km from touchdown and at a height of 180m.
The early findings appeared to corroborate various claims the plane had suddenly lost power.
Senior first officer John Coward, who guided the plane in, said how he feared everyone on board was going to die.
The 41-year-old told the Sunday Mirror how he became aware of a loss of power on board the plane on the final approach to the airport.
'When I came in to land, I thought, this is going to be a catastrophic crash, this is it,' he said.
'Suddenly there was nothing from any of the engines, and the plane started to glide.' Mr Coward.
'I didn't think we'd clear the fence at first. As we landed I was bracing myself for an enormous thud. But instead of one thud, there was a series of thuds as it bounced along the grass.' he said.
