The Crash of BA038

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Key Takeaways:

  • Captain Peter Burkill recounts his experience during the British Airways Flight 38 crash on January 17, 2008.
  • The incident involved a Boeing 777, carrying 152 people, that suffered an uncommanded dual engine rollback, causing it to crash short of the runway at Heathrow.
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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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