Parents need to know that Aftermath is a drama based on a true story about a horrible plane crash. It explores the effects the crash has on both a man who loses his family and on the air traffic controller who may have been responsible.
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KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, March 27, 1977This crash remains the deadliest ever, claiming the lives of 583 people when two 747s collided on a foggy runway on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
All of the passengers and crew aboard both planes were killed, resulting in a total death toll of 71. RA-85816, the Tu-154 involved in the accident, in March 2002, 4 months before the accident. IATA flight No.
In the aftermath of several recent accidents and incidents (e.g. Wilkinson, 1994; Ballanty- ne, 2002; Ruitenberg, 2002) the pilots or air traffic controllers involved were charged with criminal offenses (e.g. professional negligence; manslaughter). Criminal charges differ from civil lawsuits in many respects.
British European Airways Flight 548 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Heathrow to Brussels that crashed near Staines, England, soon after take-off on 18 June 1972, killing all 118 people on board. The accident became known as the Staines air disaster.
British AirwaysSince 1985, BA has never had a fatal accident, the closest call coming in 2008, when First Officer John Coward earned his place in the aviation Hall of Fame by landing a plane without any power. Read the full story here. BA ranks among the world's top 20 safest airlines according to AirlineRatings.