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

A Horrible Tragedy

British Airways flight 548 is still one of the greatest airborne tragedies in the history of air travel. Immediately after the crash, British Airways shut down, gave all of their pre-striking employees enough pay for an entire month. They worked on developing a deep investigation into what happened.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.