Saturday, January 10, 2009
He had been buried for hours under the debris of the plane before we finally found out about him and managed to pull him out.
Hours had passed before...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Watch a video of survivor Nigel Baldwin of Southend, talking about the Kegworth Air Crash
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Watch a clip from a documentary about the crash by National Geographic
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On January 8, 1989, 47 people were killed when a British Midland jet ploughed into an embankment of the M1 motorway near the Leicestershire village of Kegworth.
The Boeing 737-400 crashed a few hundred yards from the runway at East Midlands airport.
Miraculously more than 70 people survived after the Belfast-bound jet was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire.
The blazing aircraft slammed into the motorway embankment and smashed into three pieces, spilling 17,000 gallons of aviation fluid on the M1.
More than 700 rescue workers turned up at the scene to help free the injured passengers from the wreckage.
Emergency crews from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire worked through the night. Villagers from Kegworth, passing motorists, AA patrol men and the Army helped at the scene.
The BBC newsflash breaking the news of the air crash
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