The Crash of BA038

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Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM ET

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Peter Burkill, captain of British Airways Flight 38, recounts his experience during the January 17, 2008 crash at Heathrow.
The incident involved a Boeing 777 with 152 people aboard, which suffered an uncommanded dual engine rollback, causing it to crash short of the runway.
The article provides Captain Burkill's personal account of the event in his own words.
Related content includes a follow-up podcast with Burkill discussing the aftermath of the crash.

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Peter Burkill was captain of British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 with 152 aboard, when it suffered an uncommanded dual engine rollback and crashed short of the runway at Heathrow on January 17, 2008. This is what he experienced, in his words.

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