'I don't want to die': Passenger describes terror on British Airways mayday flight
You could feel the engines going at full power."It was a bit odd going around in a holding pattern with no information. After the violent manoeuvre I thought, there is definitely something very badly wrong here. That's the eerie thing."Julie, my partner, did shed a few tears when we landed."With additional reporting from Katy AustinRelated topicsAir travelBritish AirwaysMore on this storyBritish Airways flight called mayday on approach to HeathrowPublished18 hours ago
- ▪You could feel the engines going at full power."It was a bit odd going around in a holding pattern with no information.
- ▪After the violent manoeuvre I thought, there is definitely something very badly wrong here.
- ▪That's the eerie thing."Julie, my partner, did shed a few tears when we landed."With additional reporting from Katy AustinRelated topicsAir travelBritish AirwaysMore on this storyBritish Airways flight called mayday on approach to HeathrowP
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'I don't want to die': Passenger describes terror on British Airways mayday flightImage source, Edward KilliwickImage caption, Edward said there were several fire trucks on the tarmac when the plane landedByEmer Moreau and Emma VardyPublished8 minutes agoA British passenger on a British Airways flight that issued a distress call on approach to Heathrow Airport earlier this month has described the rising fear in the cabin and a lack of information from the crew.Edward Killiwick had been travelling back from a friend's birthday party with his partner Julie, on the flight from Dusseldorf in Germany on 6 July.He said passengers were told that the landing had been aborted, after which time he felt a "very violent manoeuvre" and "did think we could crash".He and his partner had to comfort a…
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