LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Kegworth air disaster - Rescues and casualties

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:45

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. Teenage rescuer Robert Angwin on the casualties. Fire Officer Eric Moss on receiving assistance from the public. Dr David Thomas at Derby Royal Infirmary on the injured. Lynne Mennie reports.

Contributors

David Thomas; Lynne Mennie; Robert Angwin; Eric Moss

Keywords

Air accidents; Injuries; Emergency services; UK; Great Britain; Hospitals; Motorways; England; Disasters; Leicestershire; Search and rescue operations; Kegworth air disaster (1989); M1 (motorway); Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham); Derby Royal Infirmary

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