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G-BGJL, the aircraft involved, seen at the accident airport, Manchester Airport, in 1982, while still in its previous livery. The 1985 Manchester Airport disaster occurred when British Airtours Flight 28M (officially known as Flight 328), an international passenger flight, was en-route from Manchester Airport to Corfu International Airport. It ...
The aircraft had just picked up a four-man patrol and on take-off had entered low cloud. The pilot descended to regain a visual of the area when the aircraft struck some trees and crashed. The pilot and navigator were killed, four of the other members of the flight were wounded (one severely). [73]
47. Injuries. 74. Survivors. 79. 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]
1920–1929. Blériot 155 F-AICQ Clement Ader, which crashed following the first mid-air fire on an airliner. 1920. 18 March – Aircraft Transport & Travel Airco DH.16 G-EACT crashed into the English Channel off Beachy Head; the pilot was rescued by a ship. [ 4] 29 March – Nieuport Delage 30T F-CGTI crashed at Lympne.
6. Fatalities. 118. Survivors. 0. British European Airways Flight 548 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Heathrow to Brussels that crashed near Staines, England, shortly after take-off on 18 June 1972, killing all 118 people on board. The accident became known as the Staines air disaster. As of 2024, it remains the deadliest air ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
August 1, 2024 at 11:42 PM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed all eight crew members was caused by a failure in the gear ...
Survivors. 12. 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.