Kegworth air disaster- investigation starts

Title

Kegworth air disaster- investigation starts

Genre

News report

TX Date

Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:38

Description

Simon Israel reports on the start of the investigation to find the causes of the crash of a British Midland Boeing aircraft on the M1 near Kegworth, Leicestershire (08/01/89). Similar aircraft have been involved in engine failures twice recently.

Contributors

Simon Israel

Keywords

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

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