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On 4 June 1967, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut passenger aircraft owned by British Midland Airways operating as British Midland Flight 542 crashed near the centre of Stockport, Cheshire, England. Of the 84 people on board, 72 were killed. It is the fourth-worst accident in British aviation history. [1]
The plane was eleven days old, having come off Lockheed's California manufacturing line on September 18, 1959, and had only 132 hours of flight time. The flight crew consisted of 47-year-old Captain Wilson Elza Stone, 39-year-old First Officer Dan Hollowell, 29-year-old Flight Engineer Roland Longhill and three flight attendants. All six crew ...
The crash-landing of British Airways Flight 38 on 17 January 2008 received worldwide media attention despite there being only minor injuries among the occupants. 2000. 6 February – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 805, operated by Boeing 727-228 YA-FAY, was hijacked on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Kabul, Afghanistan to Mazar-i-Sharif.
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British Midland Flight 092: Boeing 737-4Y0 M1 motorway, Kegworth: Blade fracture in left engine causing heavy vibration & engine fire; pilots shut down wrong engine When aircraft was diverted to East Midlands Airport, vibration returned, pilots erroneously shut down remaining engine. Aircraft crashed onto M1 motorway, skidding up motorway ...
On 20 February 1969, G-AODG of British Midland Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it landed short of the runway at East Midlands Airport. There were no casualties. [96] On 20 March 1969, G-AVJA of British Midland Airways crashed on take-off at Ringway Airport, Manchester. Three of the four people on board were killed. [97]
British Midland Commuter: BD: GNT: GRANITE: 1998: 2001: Renamed bmi Regional: British Midland International (bmi) BD: BMA: MIDLAND: 1938: 2012: Established as Air Schools, renamed British Midland Airways in 1964, renamed British Midland International in 2001. Integrated into British Airways: British Nederland Air Services: 1946: 1951: Operated ...
British Midland operated its final Viscount flight on 20 February 1988, 21 years after the airline had first operated the type. [5] That year, British Midland also became the first to operate the British Aerospace (BAe) ATP for which it had been the launch customer. The BAe ATP was the airline's last turboprop type.