It was Wednesday September, 14 1999, Britannia Airways flight 226a, was a charter flight from Cardiff Airport in Wales to Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Spain. It was operated on behalf of Thomson Travel and the excited 236 passengers were headed for their vacation. The Boeing 757-204 had two flight crew onboard along with seven cabin crew. The information in the article is based on the CIAIAC report, BBC News 1, BBC News 2, BBC News 3, The Mirror, AAIB report, and Admiral Cloudberg.