Kegworth Air Disaster: British Midland Flight 92 Crashes, January 8, 1989
Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
Date: January 8, 1989
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