Crash-landing hero pilot quits BA after ‘smear campaign’
The pilot hailed a hero when he oversaw the crash-landing of a
British Airways jumbo at
Heathrow is leaving the airline after falling victim to a smear campaign, it was claimed today.
Captain Peter Burkill, 45, was praised after the
Boeing 777, with 151 people on board, was brought down safely after it suddenly lost power two miles from the runway after a flight from
Beijing in January last year.
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