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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.
On 13 January 1989 ZD891 a Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 14 Squadron RAF collided with a German Air Force Alpha Jet during a practice attack on Wittmund airfield, West Germany, two killed. [55] On 13 April 1989 XZ359 a SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A of No. 41 Squadron RAF flew into a cliff near St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire, one RAF Officer killed. [55]
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An Air Force spokesman said that the aircraft carried a crew of two and six passengers. One of the eight killed in the crash was Clark G. Fiester, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. Glenn A. Profitt II, director of plans and operations for the Air Education and Training Command. [146] 27 April
As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights. 1929. 19 May – Air Union Farman F.63bis Goliath F-GEAI, [14] crashed at Keylands Sidings near Paddock Wood railway station, Kent while operating a flight from Croydon to Paris. It stopped yards from the signal box and was destroyed by ...
1989 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash; A. Air Ontario Flight 1363; 1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash; Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712; Avianca Flight 203; B.
October 8 – Indian Air Force Day (New Delhi, India) – Wing Commander Ramesh 'Joe' Bakshi of the Indian Air Force was killed when his Mirage 2000 crashed while performing a Downward Charlie (a series of downward rolls in the vertical plane, pulling out with wings level at a specific height). A dozen spectators were injured, one fatally, from ...
The Air Force disclosed on 28 September "that the survivors of the crash were Capt. Joseph S. Butler, 33 years old, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a student defensive officer; Capt. Lawrence H. Haskell, 33, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., a student aircraft commander, and Maj. William H. Price, 42, of Yuma, Arizona, an instructor in offensive ...