Thursday, January 17, 2008

British Airways Flight BA 038 crash lands at Heathrow

British Airways Flight BA038 a Boeing 777 from Beijing, China to London,UK crash lands at Heathrow Airport (01/17/2008).

This Google Maps view of Heathrow Airport shows the touch down location and the location where the aircraft finally stopped.

Quoting BBC:
All 136 passengers and 16 crew escaped from the British Airways flight BA038 from Beijing. Eighteen people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries.

An airport worker told the BBC the Boeing 777 pilot, named later as Peter Burkill, 43, said he had lost all power and had to glide the plane in to land.

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