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Memorial for Kegworth air disaster victims 25 years on

Today marks 25 years since one of the UK's worst air disasters, when 47 people died after a British Midland Boeing 737 en route to Belfast crashed into an embankment on the M1 during an attempted emergency landing at East Midlands airport.

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87-year-old Kegworth survivor describes the moments after the crash

An 87-year-old Kegworth air crash survivor has described the moments after the crash in 1989.

Alan Johnston was on the flight, and says his first thought was to check the people sat around him were alright.

Of the 126 on board British Midland Flight BD092, 47 were killed, and 74 other were injured, many of them seriously.

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