Alan Johnston who was in the Kegworth crash has dedicated his semi-biographical book of photos called "Should I bring an Umbrella?" to the RNLI lifeboat men happened to be driving by and who saved his life. He has since met up with the person who saved him.
dc-9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more like a boeing 737-300 can't they tell because the engins are not on the tail of the plane and it said boeing 737-400 on the side
I was in University in Leicester at this time. I drove down the M1 from my home back to Uni. Got back to my digs,unpacked, turned the TV on and saw this newsflash. It must have been about 8 or 9pm on Sunday evening. Having just driven past the location on the M1 I thought it wasn't possible. Couldn't have missed it by much.
in all fairness in response to them claiming it was the wrong type of aircraft, it would have been very hard for many to have distinguished, especially as BMI mainly flew DC-9s into there and to everywhere else. + the plane was only 2 months old and the model was 18 months old at the time (Y)
If I remember rightly from what I read, once the pilots had realised they'd shut down the wrong engine, they attempted to bumpstart the good one they'd shut down. Unfortunately by this stage it was too late and the plane was going too slow to be able to restart the engine and the plane was doomed to hit the ground short of the runway. If only the cabin crew had told the pilots which engine they saw on fire, or one of the pilots had got up and checked, this awful tragedy could have been avoided.
Yes a 737 400, the fan blades on the left engine had ruptured, they shut down the working engine and pumped more fuel to the damaged one. Easy mistake to make.
Instead of cussing the news reporters 4 getting breaking news info wrong. Lets remember that even if the pilots made a mistake...they avoided another Lockerbie disaster. And possibly saved hundreds of lives. People r very quick to judge. I hope those people involved r alright now. RIP those who died
I was on this flight , and would like to think it made air travel safer but l'm not sure it did, they changed the brace position after it but the main issuses of communication seemed to get ignored , I have to live with it every day so spare a thought for the people involved when posting your comments
The Kegworth Air Disaster occurred on 8 January 1989, when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England. The aircraft was attempting to conduct an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport. 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries.
@bmxmattylemoth it was the 8th do your reserch before to post stupid comments the is even a video on youtube that tells you what happends and the date
ok bellend, so the guy who wrote s.a.s the soldiers story got it wrong aswell did he?? i'm sure he would of done his research... like most authors do. an learn how to spell before posting stupid comments...
@bmxmattylemoth i miss typed a word big woop and you have posted a stupid no in fact 2 yes the guy who wrote s.a.s got it wrong and your the fucking bellend around on youtube
You utter clot. This report was "breaking" as it happened, details were vague and Michael Beurk is no plane spotter - Perhaps you're the dumbass...you're clearly lacking any logic. That goes for your friend too with the tacky Lotus.
i understad that it was breaking news but still there are number of differences between the 2 that u can see. y out of all the ppl that say 737 not DC-9 u pick me? Perhaps YOUR the dumbass and who the hell is my friend with the tacky lotus
I really do hate people like you - you're one of those irritating people who sit behind me in lectures; do fuckall then cough or snigger when others take an inquisitive or make mis-haps. You're a NO BALLS. Can you really label HIM a dumbass when it's clearly poor research. Thanks for the comment on my profile(which for the record hasn't been checked for 2 years) I must say i was really offended. You remind me of nothing but drab.
This is horrible. Had to watch a long video on this and study it for my cabin crew training, unbelievable the lack of communcation between passengers, cabin crew and flight crew. All those little mistakes led up to this
yes i always thought it was a 737. i'm not a plane enthusiast but i always remember the tail wing sticking out of the ground, and it had no upper wing things . does any1 no if the pilot actualy touched down n the M1? i've been told this but as i drive past it most days he must have been coming in steep.
It was definitely a 737-400. Aircraft was only weeks old at the time and that was a possible contributor to the accident as the pilots had no simulator training on this new aircraft.
I'll never forget this.....my father and I were meant to get this flight but due to the couch taking us to the airport did not have any passengers to lift at the bus stops so we got there an hour early and managed to get an earlier flight. we got home to phone calls from sobbing family members who thought we had been killed. RIP to those whose lives were taken.
Does anyone know the flight number and the cause of its crash (CVR/FDR data)? i live in loughborough ( which is a bout 3mins from keg) and i was 4 years old when it happened yet i hardley know anything about it. god bless those who didnt make it out xx
British Midland Flight 092, the pilot shut down the wrong engine, he smelt smoke assuming it was the right engine, but it was new design where the air-con was powered by both engines. So if on a plane in future, let the crew know if they've shut the wrong one down.
It was a Boeing 737-400 registration G-OBME and was only a few months old. The cause of the crash was basically a fire on the port (left) engine. Due to a combination of unclear instruments, lack of training for the pilots on this specific type of 737, poor pilot judgement and lack of communication between the cabin crew and pilots, the pilots shut down the wrong engine. No drivers on the M1 were killed or injured. A lot of new safety measures were introduced as a result of this crash.
One of our family friends on that plane had his hips dislocated.He was on business in the Midlands and when we rang his house to chase up an order his wife said that he had had a crash on the motorway!He was interviewed on the National news and made a complete recovery.
I think this was only 2 weeks after Lockerbie, with both planes taking off from Heathrow. Bit creepy since crashes are so rare over here, that they happened so close together. Thankfully this was the last major air disaster in the UK, 20 years is an excellent safety record for British aviation. Let's hope it's at least another 20 years before another.
..Tomj2110, yes it was Sunday 8th Jan 89. I was heading south on the M1 that night and came off at Junction 22 at Leicester when I saw dozens of ambulances coming from Leicester up the A50 and I wondered what could possibly have happened to warrant so many ambulances,fire engines and police cars. Its not until I got home that I realised I had missed this tragedy by about 20 minutes. You can still see the scars on the embankment just north of junction 23 to this day.
Yes I know the feeling,mjd775.This news report was from BBC2.See For Youself was on BBC1 when the plane crashed and when this newsflash was broadcast.I don't know there was a news report on BBC1 during see for yourself.Viewers watching BBC1 that night first heard the terrible news on the main news at 10pm.
I travel this way quite often. If I remember rightly there is a memorial at the side of the M1 which honours those who died. I've seen a programme on this crash. The pilot turned off the wrong engine after misreading a fire alarm and basically turned the plane into a glider. The pilot nearly managed to land it.
East Midlands Airport is in Leicestershire but has a Derbyshire post code. Derbyshire boader is after the Race track at Castle Donnington Were EMA is more than Kegworth
This crash was 15 miles from where I lived at the time. The captain shut down the wrong engine because the cockpit alarms for engine fire were crap at the time. Also, despite having a fire, the bad engine was providing thrust further reinforcing the pilot's belief he had shut down the correct engine. Bottom line, if the plane had stayed in the air 10 more seconds they would have landed safely.
Re Confusion on a/c type It is quite common during preliminary accident reports to confuse the type I recall that on 9/11 prelims on the first crash claimed that a light general aviation plane had hit WTC Such things happen Kegworths accident happened at night and the wreck was so badly crumpled up that it was evidently a case of confusion on the part of eyewitnesses About the cause it would take months before t actual cause had been established so at the moment nobody could say for sure...
"Twat" has the same meaning as the word "cunt". The Brits use it when wanting to call someone a "cunt". In general usage the words "twat" and "cunt" are used to describe an idiotic or obnoxious person. As the brits think that americans are "cunts" they tend to call americans "twats" because they know how upset americans get when you call them a "cunt". Basically you have been politly called a "cunt".
What it is stupid is to answer people that wants to deviate the point about how crap Boeing is...by fooling us about if it was a DC-9 or not...
In fact is just as stupid to answer people who can´t or does´t want to find the answers by their own, as those who waste their lives answering those retards.
The truth is Boeing Sucks.
Perfect example: 787 delay liner-9 months out of schedule.
isnt the A350 (which is an exact replica of Boeings 787) like 2 years behind schedual? fact is Boeing Aircraft are built to last, more Boeings built in the 60's are still flying than Airbus built in the 70's.
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15.000 (and counting) people killed by Boeing´s technical incompetence (see the killer 737, or the 787 delay liner) that leads to uncommanded errors on the flight controls.
2000 people dead by Airbus retard Pilots who can´t understand what the word technology means.
IS THIS FAMILIAR TO YOU...?
Now you can start blaming those airliners using the latest (from the 60´s) Boeing technology...LOL.
"Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
Here are some stats that I found that proves Boeing Jets are safer then Airbus: A300 has a crash rate of 1.13 per 1 million flights. the A310 has a crash rate of 1.85 per one million flights. The A320 family has a crash rate of .67 per 1 million flights. Now, her are the stats for Boeing: the 727 crashs .66 times per 1 million flights, the 737 crashes .62 times per 1 million flights, the 747 is the highest with 1.62 crashes per 1 million flights.
better to have boeing delays than boeing crashes. please note that boeing has the cleanest air record in conjunction with the number of planes in the air.
This is not fake the crash did happern you sick person saying this is fake lot's of people died to say this is fake is sick and your a total twat get a life.
Boeing keeps repeating the same song during the 3 Delay Announcements of the 787 project: "We are just INCOMPETENTS, what more can you expect from us?"
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What it is stupid is to answer people that wants to deviate the point about how crap Boeing is...by fooling us about if it was a DC-9 or not...
In fact is just as stupid to answer people who can´t or does´t want to find the answers by their own, as those who waste their lives answering those retards.
The truth is Boeing Sucks.
Perfect example: 787 delay liner-9 months out of schedule.
Dunno about that... The A380 is only going to be economical for probably Japan, and that's it. That's their only market. They won't be too profitable in the states where the main focus is domestic short and medium range flights between cities with cheaper airfare rates. That's where the 787 takes over, along with other european countries and the ever growing Emirates region. You should do more research before posting that kind of information.
was a 737-400. relativley new to the fleet at the time i believe..Not like the picture shown, or talked about in the news flash. Mistake by BBC based on early reports.
Pilots incorrectly shut down the wrong engine and had to try and glide to the runway, but falling short.
Its fair to be said...An Airbus plane, with its state of the art FLY by Wire controls, would had avoided such retard pilots to shut down the wrong engine.
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It´s simple...if you fly Boeing or Airbus be aware that 80% of the plane crashes are related with The Boeing Company...so if you are gonna die in a plane...80 times from 100 you might be flying a Boeing before any crash happens.
Might your 'statistics' have something to do with the number of airbus/boeing aircraft around, the number of them that fly per day aswell as the number of people that fly on them? Just like saying you're more likely to die if you've eaten in the last 24 hrs.
Might your 'statistics' have something to do with the number of airbus/boeing aircraft around, the number of them that fly per day aswell as the number of people that fly on them? Just like saying you're more likely to die if you've eaten in the last 24 hrs.
The chances are, the yanks helped'em do it so that they could justify ANOTHER war in the Middle East, and finish off what they didn't have the guts to do the first time around. Too bad they dragged us in the UK into it..!! Most people in the UK do NOT support Gulf War II. Do NOT trust America, and want our troops brought home NOW..!!
Are you speaking English? Perhaps you're learning to speak the Mother Tongue somewhere in one of our Colonies. Anyway, welcome to England, now run off and make me a nice cup of tea.
As bad as it was it could have been far far worse,as it crashed the burning engine was uphill from then fuel pouring from the ruptured wings.most of the injurys were to limbs as seats broke away from the floor and many survivors couldnt move.if it wasnt for that slope it would have been an inferno before the fire service got there,bad enough though,Respect to all involved!!!!
I was there, not a pretty site as I can recall vividly! Something I'll never forget. It was my first week in work. Can't believe it was nearly 19 years ago. I can remember policemen throwing up and even a fireman fainting. I was 17 at the time.
My dad was the first to identify a body after the crash. Authorities at first weren't going to allow it, as you say it was not a pretty site. It should never have happened.
hunterlovell . you obviously have too much time on your hands to feel the need to comment on a 12 year olds spelling. get a life!
breyerpaddy 1 month ago
R.I.P to everyone that lost there lives
breyerpaddy 3 months ago
@breyerpaddy their, not there
HunterLovell 1 month ago
WHO CARES WHAT KIND OF PLANE IT IS!?! This was one of those retro-style "breaking news flash" screw- ups.
BigMike1765 4 months ago
It was a 737
makamajims 5 months ago
All of you users, if you want to know what really happened, you can watch the programme called Motorway plane crash from seconds from disaster.
Visonu 6 months ago
What was this movie before the newsflash? Paxman and Wark eventually would host Newsnight...
davedavid86 7 months ago
@davedavid86 It looks like Mel Brooks and it looks like the Golden Gate Bridge. That would make the film 'High Anxiety'
Ulleskelf 7 months ago
Not many people know this but some of the SAS who had just finished training, how do i know? (i read the book: SAS The Soldier's Story)
read it, good book and well done to those SAS chaps who freed many trapped passengers, well done to all who hepled.
samosammo123 9 months ago
MY dad is friends with one of the servivours of that crash
jackripstick 10 months ago
That Holiday season must have been one of the worst in decades for America and the UK. Throw in Pan Am flight 103 with this tragedy.
420Guitar420 1 year ago 2
the press are renown for ther mistakes when it comes to aircraft they wouldnt know the difference between the wright flyer and a 747.
dima19790 1 year ago
Alan Johnston who was in the Kegworth crash has dedicated his semi-biographical book of photos called "Should I bring an Umbrella?" to the RNLI lifeboat men happened to be driving by and who saved his life. He has since met up with the person who saved him.
solaryes 1 year ago
dc-9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more like a boeing 737-300 can't they tell because the engins are not on the tail of the plane and it said boeing 737-400 on the side
fearn45 1 year ago
HE SAID IT WAS A DC9 BUT IT WAS 737-400
MRfrench1000 1 year ago
I was in University in Leicester at this time. I drove down the M1 from my home back to Uni. Got back to my digs,unpacked, turned the TV on and saw this newsflash. It must have been about 8 or 9pm on Sunday evening. Having just driven past the location on the M1 I thought it wasn't possible. Couldn't have missed it by much.
m1trekker 1 year ago
How do yoy confuse a DC-9 with a B-737
crissy214 1 year ago
VERY SAD 4ME.
I'M FROM BORROWASH WHERE I COULD SEE
PLANES LAND FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW
BACK IN THE DAY.
UK/USABOY.
jocksmen 1 year ago
in all fairness in response to them claiming it was the wrong type of aircraft, it would have been very hard for many to have distinguished, especially as BMI mainly flew DC-9s into there and to everywhere else. + the plane was only 2 months old and the model was 18 months old at the time (Y)
willwoodhouse 1 year ago
It most certainly was not a DC9
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
You can still see the outline of the plane on the embankment on the M1 where the plane hit 21 years on.
tnewton1988 2 years ago
yes it was a 737 400
yacoperrito 2 years ago
What TV programme ends at the beginning of this video?
SuperSeafire 2 years ago
If I remember rightly from what I read, once the pilots had realised they'd shut down the wrong engine, they attempted to bumpstart the good one they'd shut down. Unfortunately by this stage it was too late and the plane was going too slow to be able to restart the engine and the plane was doomed to hit the ground short of the runway. If only the cabin crew had told the pilots which engine they saw on fire, or one of the pilots had got up and checked, this awful tragedy could have been avoided.
akava77 2 years ago
The most tragic thing was that it happenend just 2 and a half weeks after Lockerbie.
ciaranwalsh96 2 years ago
Thats cool that they use an analog clock on the TV. I've never seen that in the US.
AmericanAirlinesRule 2 years ago
Snoopz - that is Michael Burke, yes, but Jeremy Paxman presents the news the following morning - check 5:32
eltonator 2 years ago
Early reports such as this claim it was a dc 9 when it was a brand new 737 400 series!
huvander 2 years ago
Yes a 737 400, the fan blades on the left engine had ruptured, they shut down the working engine and pumped more fuel to the damaged one. Easy mistake to make.
Paintheshed 2 years ago
I belive it was a 737
planeboy737 2 years ago
Sorry, I know it's inappropriate, but Paxman's hair cracks me up here.
eltonator 2 years ago
Instead of cussing the news reporters 4 getting breaking news info wrong. Lets remember that even if the pilots made a mistake...they avoided another Lockerbie disaster. And possibly saved hundreds of lives. People r very quick to judge. I hope those people involved r alright now. RIP those who died
MegaWill1981 2 years ago 2
Was that Francis Wilson doing the weather at 4:55?
freakyjasonpowerslam 2 years ago
did the pilots die?
billabongodrum 2 years ago
No, they both survived but were very seriously injured and never flew again.
nmhughes12 2 years ago
very sad really
billabongodrum 2 years ago
@billabongodrum no the pilots didnt die one of them are now paralised
pinkminigurl 1 year ago
One of my best friends was an air steward on this flight. He survived and he still works as cabin crew today.
koksy 2 years ago
My best friend was the aircraft's wheels and they also survived!
Vepo1982 2 years ago
5:04, does that say DC-9? lol.
rosshallam 2 years ago
Just seen the 737 on the side of the plane, why did they say it was a dc9? :s
gobbygirl77 2 years ago
maybe the details were sketchy
billabongodrum 2 years ago
There's also the BBC1 bulletin now on youtube too,the start-of.
Tomj2110 2 years ago
i uploaded it the title is called "bbc news 1989"
weespud212008 2 years ago
unfortunatley i DONT have the full news
weespud212008 2 years ago
it was a 737 400, with 500 hrs , not a dc 9
jonty13 2 years ago 3
dc9 again....horrible safety record
DLPBurke 2 years ago
there was no accident of dc-9 regarding a design flaw. It was always because pilot error or maintenance.
fedeaer737 2 years ago
My dad was in this, he was one of the lucky ones
Katiethecloud 2 years ago
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passycot 2 years ago
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passycot 2 years ago
indeed, SkyTV is shit
Pattonash 2 years ago 2
I was on this flight , and would like to think it made air travel safer but l'm not sure it did, they changed the brace position after it but the main issuses of communication seemed to get ignored , I have to live with it every day so spare a thought for the people involved when posting your comments
jonty13uk 2 years ago 12
The Kegworth Air Disaster occurred on 8 January 1989, when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England. The aircraft was attempting to conduct an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport. 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries.
newmark401 2 years ago 12
@newmark401
6th of jan fella,not 8th
not tryin to cause a stupid row,jus sayin it was the wrong date mate.
bmxmattylemoth 1 year ago
@bmxmattylemoth it was the 8th do your reserch before to post stupid comments the is even a video on youtube that tells you what happends and the date
fearn45 1 year ago
@fearn45
ok bellend, so the guy who wrote s.a.s the soldiers story got it wrong aswell did he?? i'm sure he would of done his research... like most authors do. an learn how to spell before posting stupid comments...
bmxmattylemoth 1 year ago
@bmxmattylemoth i miss typed a word big woop and you have posted a stupid no in fact 2 yes the guy who wrote s.a.s got it wrong and your the fucking bellend around on youtube
fearn45 1 year ago
@bmxmattylemoth i ment a stupd comment
fearn45 1 year ago
i live in east leake
n4yD09 2 years ago
What was the show that was ending at the start of the clip?
19996669991 3 years ago
i live in kegworth!!!!!!
knifeinator 3 years ago
i live in coalville!
lcfcstu 2 years ago
i came across this by accident - im from N.Ireland and had a relative amongst the fatalities - really was an awful day - such a tragedy
mcadam75 3 years ago
Let us remember today is exactly 20 years after this accident.
tornadoexe 3 years ago 10
it was no a dc9 it was a boeing 737 400 stupid news flash man
alks1123 1 year ago
@alks1123 exactly my thought
willwoodhouse 1 year ago
Seconds from disaster explains this disaster on the episode motorway plane crash.
tornadoexe 3 years ago 3
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this guy is a dumbass, it was a Boeing 737, not a DC-9
lotus6230 3 years ago
You utter clot. This report was "breaking" as it happened, details were vague and Michael Beurk is no plane spotter - Perhaps you're the dumbass...you're clearly lacking any logic. That goes for your friend too with the tacky Lotus.
bertyUK 3 years ago
i understad that it was breaking news but still there are number of differences between the 2 that u can see. y out of all the ppl that say 737 not DC-9 u pick me? Perhaps YOUR the dumbass and who the hell is my friend with the tacky lotus
lotus6230 3 years ago
I really do hate people like you - you're one of those irritating people who sit behind me in lectures; do fuckall then cough or snigger when others take an inquisitive or make mis-haps. You're a NO BALLS. Can you really label HIM a dumbass when it's clearly poor research. Thanks for the comment on my profile(which for the record hasn't been checked for 2 years) I must say i was really offended. You remind me of nothing but drab.
bertyUK 3 years ago
Compulsory personal hygiene classes don't count as lectures :)
Jamiep84 3 years ago
You're a smart chap that's for sure. You know about clearly your throat of foreign objects and fluids then. dirty baastud.
bertyUK 3 years ago
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ANYONE UP? I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TALK TO ME jI
CarlAndersonBiach 3 years ago
The End of High Anxiety with Mel Brooks on Sunday January 8th 1989,BBC2 and it's 9.45pm.
The newsflash lasted 5 mins.The next main News was on BBC1 at 10pm,15 mins after the newslash started!
ScottR147 3 years ago
In as much 1988 ended and 1989 started with a string of disasters, it seems that the same is happening 20 years later in 2008/09!
AntarcticaTelevision 3 years ago
How exactly? What disasters like this have happened recently?
pjk777 3 years ago
This is horrible. Had to watch a long video on this and study it for my cabin crew training, unbelievable the lack of communcation between passengers, cabin crew and flight crew. All those little mistakes led up to this
lizziixx 3 years ago
yes i always thought it was a 737. i'm not a plane enthusiast but i always remember the tail wing sticking out of the ground, and it had no upper wing things . does any1 no if the pilot actualy touched down n the M1? i've been told this but as i drive past it most days he must have been coming in steep.
cabhappygaz 3 years ago 3
It was definitely a 737-400. Aircraft was only weeks old at the time and that was a possible contributor to the accident as the pilots had no simulator training on this new aircraft.
Bobman84 3 years ago 2
it was a boeing 737 NOT a DC-9
jmancool50 3 years ago 2
when it just happened, things can get mixed up.
DJgaZman 3 years ago 2
I'll never forget this.....my father and I were meant to get this flight but due to the couch taking us to the airport did not have any passengers to lift at the bus stops so we got there an hour early and managed to get an earlier flight. we got home to phone calls from sobbing family members who thought we had been killed. RIP to those whose lives were taken.
bboy1973 3 years ago 5
Does anyone know the flight number and the cause of its crash (CVR/FDR data)? i live in loughborough ( which is a bout 3mins from keg) and i was 4 years old when it happened yet i hardley know anything about it. god bless those who didnt make it out xx
deggie2007 3 years ago 3
British Midland Flight 092, the pilot shut down the wrong engine, he smelt smoke assuming it was the right engine, but it was new design where the air-con was powered by both engines. So if on a plane in future, let the crew know if they've shut the wrong one down.
yousurfer2 3 years ago
It was a Boeing 737-400 registration G-OBME and was only a few months old. The cause of the crash was basically a fire on the port (left) engine. Due to a combination of unclear instruments, lack of training for the pilots on this specific type of 737, poor pilot judgement and lack of communication between the cabin crew and pilots, the pilots shut down the wrong engine. No drivers on the M1 were killed or injured. A lot of new safety measures were introduced as a result of this crash.
robfarmerpresents 3 years ago 2
One of our family friends on that plane had his hips dislocated.He was on business in the Midlands and when we rang his house to chase up an order his wife said that he had had a crash on the motorway!He was interviewed on the National news and made a complete recovery.
bedsandbellies 3 years ago
I think this was only 2 weeks after Lockerbie, with both planes taking off from Heathrow. Bit creepy since crashes are so rare over here, that they happened so close together. Thankfully this was the last major air disaster in the UK, 20 years is an excellent safety record for British aviation. Let's hope it's at least another 20 years before another.
PW140282 3 years ago
I hope there will be no more plane crashes neither in Britain nor in other parts of the world.
neruni 3 years ago
check Wikipedia. It was a 737-400
ChrisRenucci 3 years ago 5
Was this on a Sunday?
Tomj2110 3 years ago
..Tomj2110, yes it was Sunday 8th Jan 89. I was heading south on the M1 that night and came off at Junction 22 at Leicester when I saw dozens of ambulances coming from Leicester up the A50 and I wondered what could possibly have happened to warrant so many ambulances,fire engines and police cars. Its not until I got home that I realised I had missed this tragedy by about 20 minutes. You can still see the scars on the embankment just north of junction 23 to this day.
mjd775 3 years ago 8
Yes I know the feeling,mjd775.This news report was from BBC2.See For Youself was on BBC1 when the plane crashed and when this newsflash was broadcast.I don't know there was a news report on BBC1 during see for yourself.Viewers watching BBC1 that night first heard the terrible news on the main news at 10pm.
Tomj2110 3 years ago 2
@mjd775 Can you? I thought the introduction of J23A in the early 90s removed all trace of it.
jamesmt142 1 year ago
thats awfull on my birthday 8th of jan
Maltray 3 years ago 3
i'm sure it was a boeing 737 there is an air crash investigation episode about it on youtube
fblueproductions 3 years ago
I travel this way quite often. If I remember rightly there is a memorial at the side of the M1 which honours those who died. I've seen a programme on this crash. The pilot turned off the wrong engine after misreading a fire alarm and basically turned the plane into a glider. The pilot nearly managed to land it.
mintwithahole 3 years ago
It is blatantly a 737-400. It proves it at 05:04 !!! 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 737
billyallan 3 years ago
Michael Buerk, what a berk.
Anapple70 3 years ago 2
I'm sorry but EMA is more in Derbyshire than Liecstershire.
GurtrudeGroinMcMuffi 3 years ago
East Midlands Airport is in Leicestershire but has a Derbyshire post code. Derbyshire boader is after the Race track at Castle Donnington Were EMA is more than Kegworth
abhudson14 3 years ago 2
Exactly! I am sick of my tiny little county not getting any recognition, apart from Rolls-Royce, which is just down the road from my house.
GurtrudeGroinMcMuffi 3 years ago
This crash was 15 miles from where I lived at the time. The captain shut down the wrong engine because the cockpit alarms for engine fire were crap at the time. Also, despite having a fire, the bad engine was providing thrust further reinforcing the pilot's belief he had shut down the correct engine. Bottom line, if the plane had stayed in the air 10 more seconds they would have landed safely.
mezzer99 3 years ago
It was a 737. Even I know that. And the reason it crashed was because it was a fault in the design of a 737, the engines were on the wings.
carnifex3 3 years ago
Didn't know airplanes still use motor ways to navigate.
Nomasain 3 years ago
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i love his hair it must be the new style the 1970's reborn fuck face sounds good
a5swip3 3 years ago
This is the one where they shut down the wrong engine, right?
archer49d 3 years ago
Yes, they shut down the wrong engine.
CLEMOtheGREAT 3 years ago
Re Confusion on a/c type It is quite common during preliminary accident reports to confuse the type I recall that on 9/11 prelims on the first crash claimed that a light general aviation plane had hit WTC Such things happen Kegworths accident happened at night and the wreck was so badly crumpled up that it was evidently a case of confusion on the part of eyewitnesses About the cause it would take months before t actual cause had been established so at the moment nobody could say for sure...
sbchelldiver 3 years ago
How the hell can anyone mistake a 737 for a DC-9?!!
damomayo 4 years ago
que lastima
MisterMangs 4 years ago
lol!starting with the end!
rA177vP 4 years ago
it was a 737 not a dc9 and the pilot SWICHED THE WRONG ENGINE OFF HOW STUPID
bradleyphillips2007 4 years ago
that was NOT a 737. it WAS a dc9
akabill909 4 years ago
It was a 737-400 reg G-OBME end of story
snowbound72 4 years ago
okay... it doesn't look like one in the picture though. but i looked it up. lol. you're right. i apologize
akabill909 4 years ago
for a start its only the english that use to stupid word ' twat ' us scottish use the word ' filthy cunt ' ect =)
mundo67 4 years ago
Haha, aye... But then, I think us and the Irish are the only two countries in the world that use the word "cunt" so loosely :P
idied80yrago 4 years ago
lol ya we do. and i'm scottish and irish. what a combo.
rustty728 4 years ago
Most of that is incorrect it was a 737-400
Timsalt3100 4 years ago
Worth noting at the end there a young Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark - both destined to became heavyweight BBC news presenters.
nitebot 4 years ago
She was also one of the first reportress to cover the disaster of Lockerbie.
NickPatrick2 4 years ago
DC company should be banned its the most fucking company with worstest safty record.
amajokasays 4 years ago
That was rude
Turtles9788 4 years ago
Fuck i hate how the british use the word "twat" its the most stupidest word ive ever heard..totally pointless...
hazzo18 4 years ago
yea or how they always say owned but they have new word now called (pwange) i wanted to smack the one who wrote it but go figure
justin19822 4 years ago
everyone says pwnage not just britains. i heard it from an american
babajoe 4 years ago
like hell they do ive never once heard that and freakin pawnage or what ever was made up like 3 weeks ago on this site please
justin19822 4 years ago
Your stupidity offends me.
greenslave2 4 years ago 2
"Twat" has the same meaning as the word "cunt". The Brits use it when wanting to call someone a "cunt". In general usage the words "twat" and "cunt" are used to describe an idiotic or obnoxious person. As the brits think that americans are "cunts" they tend to call americans "twats" because they know how upset americans get when you call them a "cunt". Basically you have been politly called a "cunt".
I hope this clears things up.
krlo1969 4 years ago 6
yeah no worries mate.
hazzo18 4 years ago
What it is stupid is to answer people that wants to deviate the point about how crap Boeing is...by fooling us about if it was a DC-9 or not...
In fact is just as stupid to answer people who can´t or does´t want to find the answers by their own, as those who waste their lives answering those retards.
The truth is Boeing Sucks.
Perfect example: 787 delay liner-9 months out of schedule.
arsenium666 4 years ago
and airbus never has any problems rolling out their planes on time, do they? A380 *cough* losing airbus $4 billion and counting.
mchs48 4 years ago 3
isnt the A350 (which is an exact replica of Boeings 787) like 2 years behind schedual? fact is Boeing Aircraft are built to last, more Boeings built in the 60's are still flying than Airbus built in the 70's.
Ryan198416 4 years ago 3
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15.000 (and counting) people killed by Boeing´s technical incompetence (see the killer 737, or the 787 delay liner) that leads to uncommanded errors on the flight controls.
2000 people dead by Airbus retard Pilots who can´t understand what the word technology means.
IS THIS FAMILIAR TO YOU...?
Now you can start blaming those airliners using the latest (from the 60´s) Boeing technology...LOL.
"Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
arsenium666 4 years ago
Here are some stats that I found that proves Boeing Jets are safer then Airbus: A300 has a crash rate of 1.13 per 1 million flights. the A310 has a crash rate of 1.85 per one million flights. The A320 family has a crash rate of .67 per 1 million flights. Now, her are the stats for Boeing: the 727 crashs .66 times per 1 million flights, the 737 crashes .62 times per 1 million flights, the 747 is the highest with 1.62 crashes per 1 million flights.
Ryan198416 4 years ago
better to have boeing delays than boeing crashes. please note that boeing has the cleanest air record in conjunction with the number of planes in the air.
use math, not paranoia you silly boy.
blaubak 4 years ago
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Fake.
zaphod3099 4 years ago
damn you are stupid!
ratc1440 4 years ago
This is not fake the crash did happern you sick person saying this is fake lot's of people died to say this is fake is sick and your a total twat get a life.
johncas1 4 years ago
Boeing keeps repeating the same song during the 3 Delay Announcements of the 787 project: "We are just INCOMPETENTS, what more can you expect from us?"
Now 9 MONTHS DELAY!!!
arsenium666 4 years ago
fuck you shithole, and your name explains everything about you: ARSEnium666 so fuck off you communist piece of shit
Winston2003 4 years ago
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What it is stupid is to answer people that wants to deviate the point about how crap Boeing is...by fooling us about if it was a DC-9 or not...
In fact is just as stupid to answer people who can´t or does´t want to find the answers by their own, as those who waste their lives answering those retards.
The truth is Boeing Sucks.
Perfect example: 787 delay liner-9 months out of schedule.
arsenium666 4 years ago
Ok idiot why do companies keep on buying BOEING planes when they could always buy just AIRBUS planes!!!!?????
svtfast 4 years ago
You are talking out of your arse!!!
puffytos 4 years ago
and if u wanna talk about delivery delays. how do u explain the a380?
puffytos 4 years ago
haha seriously, you cant.
mchs48 4 years ago
Dunno about that... The A380 is only going to be economical for probably Japan, and that's it. That's their only market. They won't be too profitable in the states where the main focus is domestic short and medium range flights between cities with cheaper airfare rates. That's where the 787 takes over, along with other european countries and the ever growing Emirates region. You should do more research before posting that kind of information.
brackofthemountain 4 years ago
was a 737-400. relativley new to the fleet at the time i believe..Not like the picture shown, or talked about in the news flash. Mistake by BBC based on early reports.
Pilots incorrectly shut down the wrong engine and had to try and glide to the runway, but falling short.
ChunkyWatson 4 years ago
Its fair to be said...An Airbus plane, with its state of the art FLY by Wire controls, would had avoided such retard pilots to shut down the wrong engine.
Full Stop.
arsenium666 4 years ago
it was a boeing 737 jackass
dayceroberts 3 years ago
A Boeing 737 has the horizontal stabilizers on the bottom of the tail. This one has them on the vertical stabilizer, jackass.
Myles0Harcourt 3 years ago
Apart from the obvious missing engines you cunt.
wot321 3 years ago
that was a 737-315 or 300 they want to disguise the crash
dayceroberts 4 years ago
It's not disguising it, it's just the media not knowing anything about it.
coldpark48 4 years ago
i will have you know that the bbc got it wrong as per usual and it was a 737 they just want to defennd boeing
dayceroberts 3 years ago
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It´s simple...if you fly Boeing or Airbus be aware that 80% of the plane crashes are related with The Boeing Company...so if you are gonna die in a plane...80 times from 100 you might be flying a Boeing before any crash happens.
Am I that Bad???...Nope...Its Boeing.
arsenium666 4 years ago
Might your 'statistics' have something to do with the number of airbus/boeing aircraft around, the number of them that fly per day aswell as the number of people that fly on them? Just like saying you're more likely to die if you've eaten in the last 24 hrs.
wazzmastermax 4 years ago 4
Might your 'statistics' have something to do with the number of airbus/boeing aircraft around, the number of them that fly per day aswell as the number of people that fly on them? Just like saying you're more likely to die if you've eaten in the last 24 hrs.
wazzmastermax 4 years ago 5
The chances are, the yanks helped'em do it so that they could justify ANOTHER war in the Middle East, and finish off what they didn't have the guts to do the first time around. Too bad they dragged us in the UK into it..!! Most people in the UK do NOT support Gulf War II. Do NOT trust America, and want our troops brought home NOW..!!
crawleygat37 4 years ago
I'll vouch for that, well said.
wazzmastermax 4 years ago
speech!!
bring the boys back home!!
bmxmattylemoth 2 years ago
Owned by a Yorkshireman!!
YorkshireDaz 4 years ago
Not all English people speak like that, the video is over 20 years old.
As for your comment maybe you should learn to spell instead of stereotyping.
Just a tip! ;)
emirz321 4 years ago
Are you speaking English? Perhaps you're learning to speak the Mother Tongue somewhere in one of our Colonies. Anyway, welcome to England, now run off and make me a nice cup of tea.
Grassy1977 4 years ago
As bad as it was it could have been far far worse,as it crashed the burning engine was uphill from then fuel pouring from the ruptured wings.most of the injurys were to limbs as seats broke away from the floor and many survivors couldnt move.if it wasnt for that slope it would have been an inferno before the fire service got there,bad enough though,Respect to all involved!!!!
loshasguy 4 years ago
I was there, not a pretty site as I can recall vividly! Something I'll never forget. It was my first week in work. Can't believe it was nearly 19 years ago. I can remember policemen throwing up and even a fireman fainting. I was 17 at the time.
backintheday69 4 years ago 2
My dad was the first to identify a body after the crash. Authorities at first weren't going to allow it, as you say it was not a pretty site. It should never have happened.
Drunkenher0 4 years ago
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Dead passengers,dead motorists,who gives a fk what type of plane it was...if your writing comments regarding this media your alive..
Also if you allow your kids to view this type of content thats your fkin problem
I guess it make's a change from them viewing porn...
80% of people viewing this think there going to see blood and guts
10% are technophobes who look for the slightest mistake
The remainder are the 10% who witnessed it or had a part to play in the clean up
v8power1966 4 years ago
Go and boil your head!!
YorkshireDaz 4 years ago