Kegworth air disaster Essays

  • Human Factors In The Crash Of A British Midland Airways

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    power and catches fire. In desperation, the pilot try to restart the right engine with the wind mill start using the plane speed to spin up the engine blade. But it is too late because the air speed is too low. The pilot managed to stretch the glide by pull the nose up to avoid crashing into the village of Kegworth before crashing into the embankment of the M1 motorway. This accident saw 47 out of 126 people abroad died.