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 ...

In June 1972, BEA Flight 548 crashed near Staines after critical errors with the Trident’s droop system. With all 118 lives lost, it became Britain’s deadliest crash and forced changes in cockpit ...