I found myself reading up on BEA Flight 548 today to prepare for a lecture I'm giving on safety.
Wikipedia:
British European Airways Flight 548 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lane report:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...3%20G-ARPI.pdf
I found it quite disturbing just how many current lessons are still there, and some questions that we should still be asking about new Integrated/MPL first officers, and what we've since come to call CRM. That said, we've clearly come quite a long way - in terms of crew monitoring, medical standards, use of standardised procedures, and acceptance of junior crew challenging senior crew.
40 years ago today.
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