Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)

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16th December 2013 45 mins Season 13 Episode 1

On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board. The crash was attributed to the pilot retracting the aircraft's droops at too low an airspeed and failing to recognise the stall warnings.

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Season 13 · Episode 2

Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)

On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from a snowy runway in Washington D.C, stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. The causes were ice on the wings and the pilots' failure to turn on the engines' anti-freeze system, causing erroneous engine instrument readings.
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01 Stephen Bogaert profile Stephen Bogaertas Self - Narrator (voice) 02 André Barro profile André BarroCreator
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