A Little Rain Hurt Nobody, Right? The Weird Case of British Airtours Flight 101

Disaster Breakdown - British Airtours Flight 101

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This video was made mostly with the help of the Final Report published by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB): https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/2-1987-lockheed-tristar-g-bbai-27-may-1985

There have been many close calls in the world of Aviation Safety. But few are as ridiculous and surprising as the curious case of British Air Tours Flight 101. An enormous widebody passenger plane carrying over 400 people is left teetering on the edge of hill, metres from absolute disaster.
The investigation that followed would expose shortcomings in the process by which the United Kingdom certified certain aircraft parameters and the tight margins that can exist within the country’s relationship with its regional airports operating of large airplanes on short runways.
Those same delicate margins meant to ensure safe operations can easily in the right circumstances become eroded with enormous consequences. How easy is it for things to slip away. Some airports can barely offer enough room, and all it takes is just one bad day.

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