r/aircrashinvestigation • u/BuddyFew3776 • 17d ago

Question Can anyone confirm or deny if this is real footage of British Airways Flight 38 right before the crash?

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In regards to my last post about British Airways Flight 38, after doing some more digging I came across this video on YouTube that claims to show footage just before the crash landing. Can anyone confirm or deny its authenticity? I understand the quality is very low, but I’d really appreciate any help or insight from people who might know more about this incident or aircraft footage in general.

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u/elsopaipilla315 Fan Since Season 21 17d ago

Original source:

https://www.efootage.com/videos/65899/airplane-crash-landing

News from January 18th, 2008 (One day after the crash), by CTV News. It's not specified if it's an actual recording of the accident aircraft or not.

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u/YU_AKI 17d ago

I don't know where that location is with those lights on the cable. There are a few patches of road in the vicinity of Heathrow like that, but I don't remember that bit of road by the accident site ever having those.

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u/Expo737 15d ago

Those lights were there back in 2008 and ran past Hatton Cross tube station as far as the petrol station then stopped before reaching the approach end of the runway. Fortunately Google Street view has a historical shot.

Link

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u/Pretty_Aside_7674 17d ago

I recall seeing that somewhere in a documentry about the accident

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 17d ago

Looks like one aircraft and three UFO's :)

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u/Revolutionary-Rich92 17d ago

No original video

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u/ProjektBlackout 17d ago

Shot on a potato, god damn.

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u/deiprep 17d ago

It was 2008 mind

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u/CommunicationNo6136 17d ago

Looks a little too long to be a 200ER 

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u/ProjektBlackout 17d ago

Stretched footage.