British Airways flight 38 - Crash landing
Synopsis
"British Airways Flight 38 (call sign Speedbird 38) was a scheduled flight from Beijing Capital International Airport which crash landed just short of the runway at its destination, Heathrow Airport, London, on 17 January 2008 after an 8,100-kilometre (4,400 nmi; 5,000 mi) flight. There were no fatalities, but 47 people sustained injuries. It was the first accident that resulted in a Boeing 777 hull loss." (Wikipedia, 20112).
Accident video
(Video embedded from YouTube on 6 October 2011- see Cineflix, undated1) |
References
1. CINEFLIX (undated). Heathrow crash landing. Air crash investigation. Retrieved from YouTube on 6 October 2011.
2. WIKIPEDIA (2011). British Airways flight 38. Retrieved from Wikipedia on 5 October 2011.
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