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The Kegworth air disaster occurred when British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the motorway embankment between the M1 motorway and A453 road near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, while attempting to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport on 8 January 1989.
8 January – 44 people are killed in the Kegworth air disaster. 11 January Accident investigators say that the Kegworth air disaster was caused when pilot Kevin Hunt, who survived the crash, accidentally shut down the wrong engine. Abbey National building society offers free shares to its 5,500,000 members.
1989 – British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737, crashes near Kegworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom after one of its engines loses a fan blade and fails. Of the 118 passengers and 8 crew, 79 survive. The incident became known as the Kegworth air disaster and is the first loss of a Boeing 737-400.
— Sep. 19, 2022: Pilot Aaron Hogue appeared to have trouble with his jet before it crashed into the ground and burst into flames at the Reno Air Races. The crash occurred on the final day of the ...
8 January - Kegworth Air Disaster: A British Midland Boeing 737 on a flight to Belfast crashes onto the M1 motorway on the approach to East Midlands Airport killing 44 people. 12 February - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by loyalists. 5 March - Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin says he wants a non-armed political movement to work for self ...
The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball at the Muan International ...
The flight took off at about 9:24 p.m. on 20 February 2005. When the aircraft, a four-engine Boeing 747-436, was around 300 feet (91 m) into the air, flames burst out of its number 2 engine, a result of engine surge. The pilots shut the engine down. Air traffic control expected the plane to return to the airport and deleted its flight plan.
Shares of South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air hit their lowest on record yesterday, after the deadliest air crash in the country killed 179 people. Jeju Air shares traded down 8.5 per cent after ...