The greatest aviation disaster that didn't happen
Published: December 22, 2025
Duration: 30:17
Months before 9/11, a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara.
Everyone survived - including a curious ensemble of famous passengers - but no one quite recovered.
Kate Mossman tells the story of Flight 2069 to Oli Dugmore.
READ: The strange fate of Flight 2069
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