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BOAC Flight 712 was a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) service operated by a Boeing 707-465 from London Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Zurich and Singapore. On Monday 8 April 1968, it suffered an engine failure on takeoff that quickly led to a major fire; the engine detached from the aircraft in flight.
22 August – British Airtours Flight 28M operated by Boeing 737-236 G-BGJL suffered an engine fire on take-off from Manchester Airport. Take-off was aborted and an emergency evacuation was initiated. Fire spread to the passenger cabin, killing 53 and seriously injuring 15 of the 131 people on board. 1986
BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845; B. ... 1948 Heathrow disaster; M. Heathrow mortar attacks This page was last edited on 2 February 2019, at 17:00 (UTC ...
The disruption at Heathrow was of a similar scale to last Sunday, when high winds caused a reduction in the number of aircraft that could be handled. More than 100 flights were grounded. More than ...
British Airways Flight 268 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow. On February 20, 2005, the innermost left engine burst into flames triggered by an engine compressor stall almost immediately after takeoff.
The 2019 cancellations hit thousands of travelers using London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports after check-in and flight start systems suffered a partial crash. Another 300 flights faced delays ...
The Irish capital also loses a round-trip on Aer Lingus between Dublin and Heathrow. Air France has cancelled its 9am flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle, while Lufthansa ’s 9.30am departure to ...
In an attempt to minimise further travel disruptions, Heathrow Airport received dispensation from the Department for Transport to operate some night flights. [2] Even so, the following day (18 January), 113 short-haul flights were cancelled because crews and aircraft were out of position.