Jet crashes at air show

Title

Jet crashes at air show

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Alan Turner reports on a vintage jet fighter plane crash at an air show at Coventry Airport yesterday. Flight Lieutenant Peter Stacey who died in the crash may have fought with the controls of the Meteor T7 to avoid crashing on nearby homes, and is being hailed a hero. Includes eyewtiness accounts of Gillian Morell and Bandana Sajdev(?). For AM programme.

Contributors

Alan Turner; Gillian Morell; Bandana Sajdev(?)

Keywords

Air accidents; Deaths; Military aircraft; Pilots; AM (radio programme); Air force personnel; Coventry airport

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