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British Airways Flight 38 crash

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British Airways Flight 38


British Airways Flight 38

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, London Heathrow Airport, on 17 January 2008 after an 8,100-kilometre (4,400 nmi; 5,000 mi) flight.[2][3] There were no fatalities but 47 people sustained injuries; one serious.[4] The 150-tonne aircraft was the first Boeing 777-200ER to be written off in the model's history.[5][6]

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