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Kegworth Air Crash

Firefighter tells of Kegworth plane crash rescue

Firefighter tells of Kegworth plane crash rescue

Saturday, January 10, 2009

"I'LL never forget a man called Michael. He was one of the people I helped rescue from the Kegworth air crash.

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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'I saw stuff on that night that haunts me today. I can't hide it'

VIVID MEMORIES:  David Jones, left,  still recalls the 'horrendous night' he helped to pull people from the wrecked  jet, above

Friday, January 09, 2009

"TO this day, my memories of the Kegworth air crash still haunt me. Twenty years on, I still shed a tear when I think back to the night of the...

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New crash brace position came out of the horror of Kegworth

crouch down:  John Rowles  demons-trates the  brace position with registrar Joby John.

Friday, January 09, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS by surgeon John Rowles – now a consultant at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary – for a new crash brace position for...

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He didn't moan or cry out... then it hit me. He had died

rescue effort:   Ian Croson was a trainee reporter at the time

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Trainee reporter Ian Croson headed to the scene to cover the story and instead found himself helping with the rescue effort. Ian is now chief...

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'I dealt with so many calls and it lives with me today'

VIVID MEMORIES:  Left, Muriel Dewar, who today recalls the night 20 years ago when she  organised the DRI's emergency response to the Kegworth crash.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

THERE is no doubt that the Kegworth air disaster was the biggest incident I had to manage during my 42-year career in nursing. When I got back...

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'When I scrambled inside the plane, it was all quiet, no screaming or shouting'

courageous effort:  Geoff Redman, with his medal for bravery, presented to him by the AA

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Among the rescuers at Kegworth was AA patrol man Geoff Redman, 58, who watched as the plane came down just 100 yards from his home.

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Ulster leader held relatives in his arms as they battled to cope with their grief

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

VETERAN Ulster Unionist politician the Rev Ian Paisley flew in from Northern Ireland to pay his respects at the crash scene. Now 82, he recalls...

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Police officer shares his story of Kegworth air crash

rescue effort:  Members of the emergency services free injured passengers from the wreck of the Boeing 737. Jack Atwal is ringed at the back of the plane.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Twenty years ago this Thursday, 47 people lost their lives and dozens were injured when a Boeing 737-400 ploughed into an embankment on the M1....

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'But why did I survive? I don't know. I was just very lucky...'

'But why did I survive? I don't know. I was just very lucky...'

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Businessman Nick Stevenson, from County Down, was a passenger who miraculously survived the 1989 Kegworth air crash. Until now the 51-year-old...

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Survivor Nigel Baldwin talks about the crash

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Watch a video of survivor Nigel Baldwin of Southend, talking about the Kegworth Air Crash

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National Geographic documentary

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Watch a clip from a documentary about the crash by National Geographic

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Kegworth Village

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Read more at the Kegworth village website

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BBC reports

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See how the BBC reported the disaster in 1989

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Wikipedia

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Find out what Wikipedia says about the disaster

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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




Facts and figures

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Read the facts and figures from the air crash

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Lasting Tribute

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