Quickly falling out of the sky and with just seconds to react, the captain raises the plane’s flaps to reduce drag. And while the plane narrowly misses the buildings and radio towers in its path, it crashes short of the runway, ripping off the engines and landing gear. The plane is destroyed.

How did people survive this horrifying catastrophe?

Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 10 Episode 2 "The Heathrow Enigma": January 17th, 2008 — Approaching the end of its ten-hour journey from Beijing, British Airways Flight #38 is preparing to land in Heathrow. But just as the pilots take over the controls, and only two minutes before it touches down, the aircraft is inexplicably crippled by double engine failure.


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