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4 unusual facts about Kegworth air disaster


Kegworth air disaster

Just before crossing the M1 motorway, the tail struck the ground and the aircraft bounced back into the air and over the motorway, knocking down trees and a lamp post before crashing on the far embankment and breaking into three sections approximately 519yd (1/4 mile) short from the active runway's paved surface and approximately 689yd (1/3 mile) from its threshold.

British Midland Flight BD 092 was featured in an episode of Seconds From Disaster, called "Motorway Plane Crash".

Macarthur Job, Air Disaster Volume 2: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 1996, ISBN 1-875671-19-6, p.

The Kegworth air disaster occurred on 8 January 1989 when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737–400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, UK.



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