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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 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.
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 ...
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 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.
British Midland Flight 92, a two-month-old Boeing 737-400, takes-off from Heathrow Airport in London, heading for Belfast. While on route the aircraft's left engine suffers a fan blade failure. The crew shut down the wrong engine and start to prepare for an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport.
The fleet comprised a pair of Fokker F27s, one each leased from the parent airlines, and a Vickers Viscount 810 leased from British Midland. Services commenced on 1 November 1982 with the first flight, JE601 from Isle of Man to Glasgow, operated by an Embraer Bandeirante wet leased from Genair. [7]
M. Alan Magee; Taryn Manning; Zafar Masud (banker) Nestor Mata; Christy Mathewson Jr. Rika Matsuda; Michael R. Matz; Ron May (United Airlines Flight 232) David McClelland (British Midland Flight 92)