The introduction of ICAO Annex 16 Chapter 2 noise legislation on 1 January 1986 forced operators of older first- and second-generation jets to hush kit their fleets. For British Airways, this was not ...

In 1972, a BEA Trident stalled and crashed outside London, killing 118. Investigators uncovered a chain of errors: a captain with hidden heart disease, confused controls, and a young crew too ...

Paul Marks’s excellent article on pilotless aircraft inevitably recalls the famous joke told to the Royal Aeronautical Society by the late, great Peter Masefield. It concerns the world’s first ...

On June 18, 1972, BEA Flight 548 left Heathrow bound for Brussels. Within 150 seconds it had crashed near Staines, killing all 118 on board. This part examines how cockpit tensions, pilot ...