Airline Puts Pilot in Dangerous Position—and It Results in Disaster

Memorializing the Event

Two memorials were made dedicated to the plane crash. Part of the British Airways training regiment (in specific areas) is to bring potential new hires to the memorial site and remind them of what happened in the past. An event like this is unbelievably unlikely nowadays, and technically, it wasn't even the pilot's fault...

Airline Disasters Don't Happen Much Anymore

Fortunately, crashes are much less likely to occur nowadays. It's safer to fly on a plane than drive in a car! The only reason media companies cover plane crashes so frequently is that they are more clickable than car crashes...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.