[PAR] [TLE] Francis Charig [SEP] Francis Charig (born 23 November 1960 in Hurst Green, Oxted, England) is the British Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BetWiz Sports and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc, a Japan-focussed investment trust.  He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and subsequently at the University of Exeter where he read Political Science.  He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange, co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Tao Group, CEO of Antix Labs, Chairman of the Open Contents Platform Association in Tokyo.  In January 2008 he was a passenger on British Airways Flight 38 that crashed at Heathrow but he escaped unharmed.  His father was the late palaeontologist Alan J. Charig. [PAR] [TLE] British Airways Flight 38 [SEP] British Airways Flight 38 (call sign Speedbird 38) is a scheduled flight operated by British Airways from Beijing, China to London, United Kingdom.  On January 17, 2008, at 12:42 GMT, the Boeing 777 used for the flight, having completed the 8100 km trip, crashed just short of the runway at its destination.  There were no fatalities but from the 152 people on board, 47 people sustained injuries, one of them serious.  The 150-tonne aircraft was the first Boeing 777-200ER to be written off in the model's history, and the first hull loss of any Boeing 777.
[PAR] [TLE] Francis Charig [ SEP ] Francis Charig ( born 23 November 1960 in Hurst Green , Oxted , England ) is the British Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BetWiz Sports and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc , a Japan - focussed investment trust . He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and subsequently at the University of Exeter where he read Political Science . He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange , co - founder , Chairman & CEO of Tao Group , CEO of Antix Labs , Chairman of the Open Contents Platform Association in Tokyo . In January 2008 he was a passenger on British Airways Flight 38 that crashed at Heathrow but he escaped unharmed . His father was the late palaeontologist Alan J. Charig . [PAR] [TLE] British Airways Flight 38 [ SEP ] British Airways Flight 38 ( call sign Speedbird 38 ) is a scheduled flight operated by British Airways from Beijing , China to London , United Kingdom . On January 17 , 2008 , at 12:42 GMT , the Boeing 777 used for the flight , having completed the 8100 km trip , crashed just short of the runway at its destination . There were no fatalities but from the 152 people on board , 47 people sustained injuries , one of them serious . The 150-tonne aircraft was the first Boeing 777 - 200ER to be written off in the model 's history , and the first hull loss of any Boeing 777 .
When was the flight crashed from which Francis Charig escaped unharmed?
When was the flight crashed from which Francis Charig escaped unharmed ?
January 17, 2008
January 17, 2008