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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.
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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1989 (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
The explosion led to legislation, the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act, which would forever change the way plane accident victims’ families and loved ones are treated.
Among the victims were three soldiers aboard the helicopter, four members of the jet’s flight crew, 28 skaters and family members affiliated with US Figure Skating, seven friends on a hunting ...
The victims of the crash included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their parents and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral, two Chinese ...
Pilot: Climbing to level 390, we're in a black cloud, heading 130. Pilot: KLM 867 we have flame out all engines and we are descending now! Anchorage Center: KLM 867 heavy, Anchorage? Pilot: KLM 867 heavy, we are descending now: we are in a fall! Pilot: KLM 867, we need all the assistance you have, sir. Give us radar vectors please!
The aircraft was destroyed, with the loss of all 144 people on board, resulting in the deadliest plane crash in Portugal's history. [2] All of the passengers on board were Italian and all of the crew were Americans. [3] [4] The crash is also known as "The disaster of the Azores" (Italian: Il disastro delle Azzorre). [5]