In early summer 1990, a British Airways flight operating a routine European route became the center of one of the most remarkable survival events in commercial aviation history. What began as an ordinary morning departure transformed within minutes into a life-or-death emergency that tested professional training, physical endurance, and human resolve at extreme altitude.
On June 10, 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 departed Birmingham Airport en route to Málaga Airport in southern Spain. The aircraft, a BAC One-Eleven jetliner, carried 81 passengers and six crew members. Nothing about the preflight checks or departure procedures suggested that the flight would become a case study in aviation emergency response and survival.
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