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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. [1]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 01:18, 8 January 2015: 2,001 × 1,318 (1.41 MB): Nick {{Information |Description=British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400, G-OBME, which suffered an engine fire and on approach to East Midlands Airport, crashed onto the M1 motorway.
1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash; Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712; Avianca Flight 203; B. 1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash; C. ... Kegworth air disaster; Korean Air ...
In the United Kingdom, the brace-for-impact position for forward-facing passengers was optimised following the Kegworth air disaster in 1989. In that incident, the pilot announced "Prepare for crash landing" 10 seconds before impact, and the resulting injuries—from both those who did and did not adopt the brace position—would later be studied.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC-9-31 involved in the collision Type McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 Operator Hughes Airwest ...
— Sept. 16, 2011 — The pilot of a 70-year-old modified P-51D Mustang called the Galloping Ghost lost control of the aircraft at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada ...
1951 LOT Li-2 Tuszyn air disaster; 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash; 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash; 1961 Bogoroditsk Il-18 incident; 1965 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F Crash; 1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash; 1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash; 1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash; 1997 Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash; 2001 Omsk An-70 crash
A chill in the air, the threat of rain and even an unfair practice charge couldn’t stop California state scientists from going on strike in downtown Sacramento.