BOAC Flight 712
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boac-flight-712-179-2407555
title:
BOAC Flight 712
text:
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. After the aircraft had made a successful emergency landing, confusion over checklists and distractions from the presence of a check pilot contributed to the deaths of five of th
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description:
Aviation accident – engine failure and fire on take-off, 8 April 1968
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_712
date created:
2008-03-26T17:22:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:43:11Z
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