Date: | June 18, 1972 |
Location: | Staines, Surrey, England |
Aircraft: | Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C |
Reg: | G-ARPI |
Airline: | British European Airways |
Flight No: | 548 |
Fatalities: | 118 : 118 |
A British Airways Trident crashed near London, England after the leading edge slats were prematurely retracted after takeoff. The captain possibly was incapacitated by an arterial hemorrhage. |