Kegworth air disaster-former air stewardess comments

Title

Kegworth air disaster-former air stewardess comments

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:31

Description

Interview with Sylvia Tidy, former air hostess and daughter of cartoonist, Bill Tidy, on witnessing the crash of a British Midland Boeing aircraft on the M1 near Kegworth, Leicestershire (08/01/89). She says the cabin crew would have had plenty of time to get passengers into crash positions, and this may account for the large number of survivors. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Sylvia Tidy

Keywords

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

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