Mayday (2003)

Episode Overview

On June 18, 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 tragically crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after departing from London Heathrow Airport, resulting in the loss of all 118 passengers and crew. The disaster was caused by the pilot retracting the aircraft's droops at an insufficient airspeed and not heeding the stall warnings, leading to the catastrophic stall and subsequent crash.