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British Airways Flight 38
British Airways Flight 38
(
call sign
Speedbird
38
) is a scheduled flight operated by
British Airways
from
Beijing Capital International Airport
to
London Heathrow Airport
. On 17 January 2008, the
Boeing 777
used for the flight, having completed the trip, crash landed just short of the runway at its destination. There were no fatalities but 47 people sustained injuries; one serious. The 150-
tonne
aircraft was the first
Boeing 777-200ER
to be
written off
in the model's history, and the first
hull loss
of any Boeing 777.
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