What the records say
- When
- 10 Jun 1990
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.61° N, 1.24° W
- Description
- 1990 aircraft incident
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 2
- Cause
- negligence
British Airways Flight 5390
1990 aviation accident over England
British Airways Flight 5390 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Birmingham Airport in England to Málaga Airport in Spain. On 10 June 1990, the BAC One-Eleven suffered an explosive decompression. While the aircraft was flying over Didcot, England, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its frame, causing the captain to be partially ejected from the aircraft.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “British-Airways-Flug 5390 verliert ein Cockpitfenster, durch welches der Kapitän des Flugzeuges herausgesaugt wird und nur durch Hilfe der Crew nicht…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “инцидент с BAC 1-11 над Дидкотом: на самолёте компании British Airways произошло отделение некачественно установленного ветрового стекла и командира экипажа…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “英國航空5390號班機事故”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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