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BA38

July 20, 2021

On the 17th of January 2008, a British Airways flight from China to London crashes just short of the runway. What caused this flight to not quite make their final destination.

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In Mechanical Failures Tags British Airways, Boeing, Boring 777, Heathrow, Icing, Mechanical Error
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