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

Two Boys on the Ground

Meanwhile, Paul and Trevor Burke, ages 9 and 13, were taking a stroll near the King George Reservoir in Staines-Upon-Thames, a small town outside of London. The two were walking on a small path that ran underneath a major highway. The two halted their march to watch flight 548 plummet from the sky towards the ground, eerily close to them. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.