Originally Posted by LGS6753
Those with a long memory will remember Captain Key, who crashed his Trident at Staines (June 18th 1971?), because he had a heart attack on takeoff following an altercation in the briefing room. All on board died.
Not true.... the crash occurred because the flaps were stowed before they'd reached the correct airspeed, and the thus, they stalled and were not able to recover.
However, when they carried out a post mortem, they found that he would have died very shortly due to heart failure anyway.
Cheers,
Rick