Crashed Feet Before the Runway
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British airways flight 38 was on final approach in a london hethro airport. 36 passengers and 16 crew members are on board. Plane slows down to a hundred 24 miles per hou, and is now in danger of stalling. The co pilot takes manual control at a hundred and 50 feet of altitude. He tries to fully engage the throttle, but the engines still do not respond. It slams into the ground 890 feet short of runway 27 left at london he throat airport. Find out what caused one of the safest planes in the world to crash so close to its destination.
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