Originally Posted by
DIBO
Mayday call was done using "Speedbird 95" as callsign. I was led to believe back in those days, that this was a non-exisiting flightno. often used in the sim sessions.
However, looking things up again 10 years later, I see that info was incorrect and based on his book, the captain in the heat of the moment simply used a wrong callsign (the one from his next flight, it seems). And he was surprised during the investigations, hearing himself doing just that..
Back in those days BA95 was LHR-YMX-DTW. Just etched in my mind from 12yrs there!