Kegworth air disaster-Thatcher visits scene

Title

Kegworth air disaster-Thatcher visits scene

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:15

Description

Press interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the scene of the crash of a British Midland Boeing 737 jet on the M1 near Kegworth, Leicestershire (08/01/89). The plane was travelling from Heathrow Airport in London to Belfast.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Air accidents; Motorways; Aeroplanes; Disasters (events); Leicestershire; Civil aircraft; British Midland; Kegworth air disaster (1989); Kegworth

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