Airline Puts Pilot in Dangerous Position—and It Results in Disaster

The world seemed normal the morning that British Airways flight 548 was destined to take off. However, everything changed when the plane took off...

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British European Airways Flight 548 departed from the London Heathrow airport on June 18th, 1972. The plane was carrying 118 passengers on a direct flight to Brussels. This seemed like any other flight, but the passengers had no idea what was in store.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.