BOAC Flight 712
BOAC Flight 712 (callsign Speedbird 712) was a British Overseas Airways Corporation 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 fell off the aircraft in flight. After the aircraft had made a successful emergency landing, confusion over checklists and distractions from the presence of a check captain contributed to the deaths of five of the 127 on board.
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BOAC Flight 712
BOAC Flight 712 (callsign Speedbird 712) was a British Overseas Airways Corporation 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 fell off the aircraft in flight. After the aircraft had made a successful emergency landing, confusion over checklists and distractions from the presence of a check captain contributed to the deaths of five of the 127 on board.
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1968-04-08
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BOAC Flight 712
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Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Hounslow, United Kingdom
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Singapore International Airport, Singapore
Zürich, Switzerland
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Fire in number 2 port engine
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BOAC Flight 712 (callsign Spee ...... s of five of the 127 on board.
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BOAC-Flug 712 war ein Überseef ...... sagiere erlitten Verletzungen.
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Katastrofa lotu BOAC 712 wydar ...... ylądować na lotnisku Heathrow.
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BOAC Flight 712
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BOAC-Flug 712
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Katastrofa lotu BOAC 712
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