LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Chris Lockwood on Kegworth air disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:45

Description

A British Midland Boeing 737 has crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth in Leicestershire as it attempted to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport with one of its engines ablaze. Aviation safety expert Chris Lockwood, of Airline World magazine, on the twin-engined plane having being designed to land safely with one engine, and on the reliability of the engines and the good track record of the 737 aircraft. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Chris Lockwood

Keywords

Air accidents; UK; Great Britain; Motorways; England; Air safety; Disasters; Aviation; Leicestershire; British Midland Airways; Kegworth air disaster (1989); M1 (motorway)

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