Staines (Heathrow), Air Crash

Air Crash Staines (Heathrow) 18 Jun 1972 16:10 BST (-1:00) Rating: A

Staines, Middlesex, United Kingdom 51N26, 0W31

Notes: British European Airways Flight 548 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Heathrow to Brussels that crashed near the town of Staines, England, soon after take-off, killing all 118 people on board

Source: David Hamblin quotes Catastrophic Failures (Oxford University Press, 1977) p.229 [original AA database]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_548 [Mark Okrasa]

AA Ref: 61