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Previously on "Twentieth Anniversary of Kegworth Air Crash"
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My mum was working on admissions in A&E at the Leicester Royal Infirmary where they brought many of the injured. It was pretty grim, but one of the hardest jobs was fending off all the journalists who were trying to get at the survivors for a story. Absolute parasites apparently.
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostA friend of mine was on the plane and died. He was in the RAF and was on his way back to Norn Iron to pack up his kit as he was about to be posted to Hong Kong. Poor fooker. I also seem to remember that there was a squaddie who was late for the flight and missed out in being involved in the accident. He was interviewed in a load of the papers thereafter about how lucky he had been. I seem to remember that not long after returning to NI he was subsequently killed or wounded.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIt was twenty years ago this evening that an airliner crashed on the embankment of the M1 at Kegworth.
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostWhy was the "V" inverted?
As a result, when one went past on the motorway, the cleared area went from being broad nearest the carriageway to just narrow enough to accommodate the nose of the plane at the top of the embankment.
You can get an impression of the scene about 17 - 19 seconds into the video at the bottom of the BBC story.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostMe too.
For quite a while afterwards there was a big inverted V through the trees and bushes on the embankment where the plane had smashed through them. In the end the council chopped the whole lot down.
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Originally posted by BA to the Stars View PostI remember the news flashes. A terrible tragedy. always think of it when I pass there on the M1
For quite a while afterwards there was a big inverted V through the trees and bushes on the embankment where the plane had smashed through them. In the end the council chopped the whole lot down.
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Originally posted by BA to the Stars View PostI remember the news flashes. A terrible tragedy. always think of it when I pass there on the M1
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So he went from dealing with one kind of stiff to another
I remember the news flashes. A terrible tragedy. always think of it when I pass there on the M1
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Twentieth Anniversary of Kegworth Air Crash
It was twenty years ago this evening that an airliner crashed on the embankment of the M1 at Kegworth.
A friend of mine was working as an embalmer for a Leicester funeral director back then. He had been ardently pursuing a young lady for some time, and that evening had finally managed to get her round to his place for dinner. Knowing that some people found it off-putting, he had carefully avoided mentioning his profession.
The food and candlelight did the trick, and they finished up in his bed.
At about two in the morning, his phone went. Having answered it he started to get up, apologising to his date and explaining that he had an emergency call-out.
"Why, what's happened? What do you do, anyway?" she asked.
"Well, you know that news flash earlier about the plane crash on the motorway?"
"Yes..."
"Well, I'm an embalmer. I have to get up to the airport to help deal with the bodies coming out of the plane."
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