MPX5129127: A BOAC Boeing 707 airliner bound for Sydney and Auckland with 131 passengers aboard had to return to Heathrow airport shortly after take off when one of it engines caught fire. The aircraft call sign Whisky Echo crashed with its wing ablaze on runway two. An eye witness said he saw about 50 people jump out of the plane seconds after it crashed. "they were running and jumping" from the aircraft. Our Picture Shows: The burning plane immediately after the crash at Heathrow Airport, April 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images