On June 24, 1982, the crew of British Airways Flight 9, call sign “Speedbird 9,” lost all four engines of their Boeing 747 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (WMKK), Malaysia, to Perth Airport YPPH, Australia. Miraculously, the stricken airliner was able to limp to Jakarta and...
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