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Kegworth air disaster: Flowers laid on 25th anniversary | Kegworth air disaster: Flowers laid on 25th anniversary |
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Flowers have been laid at a memorial site and prayers said to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kegworth air disaster. | |
A Belfast-bound British Midland flight crashed on the M1 in Leicestershire on 8 January 1989, killing 47 people and injuring 74. | A Belfast-bound British Midland flight crashed on the M1 in Leicestershire on 8 January 1989, killing 47 people and injuring 74. |
Remarkably nobody on the motorway was hurt. | Remarkably nobody on the motorway was hurt. |
Flowers were laid by Lesley Pendleton who has been parish council clerk since before the accident. | |
The Boeing 737 developed a problem in its left engine shortly after it took off from Heathrow but the pilots mistakenly believed the fault was in the right engine. | The Boeing 737 developed a problem in its left engine shortly after it took off from Heathrow but the pilots mistakenly believed the fault was in the right engine. |
They shut down the wrong engine leading to the crash just yards from the runway of East Midlands Airport where it was attempting an emergency landing. | |
A memorial was erected in the village cemetery by the parish council and every year since that night, Ms Pendleton has laid flowers. | A memorial was erected in the village cemetery by the parish council and every year since that night, Ms Pendleton has laid flowers. |
On the night of the crash, she was driving her daughter Susan, then 12, home to Kegworth when she saw a plume of smoke. | On the night of the crash, she was driving her daughter Susan, then 12, home to Kegworth when she saw a plume of smoke. |
Earlier she laid flowers before a short service was held at St Andrew's Church in the village. | |
Ms Pendleton, who organised a disaster fund that raised thousands of pounds to help those affected by the disaster, said: "The villagers were wonderful. Everyone rallied round to help." | |
You can hear about the crash from BBC Radio Leicester. |