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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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Council: 'It's always there in the back of your mind'

This morning wreaths were laid at a memorial stone in Kegworth Cemetrery to remember those who died in the Kegworth air disaster 25 years go.

Lesley Pendleton, Kegworth Parish Council said: "Those that lived in the village at the time, a lot of whom were involved in the rescue operation, obviously those have memories of the time.

"Events like today will bring that back to them. Obviously if there's a funny noise on an aircraft when it's coming into land, you often think there's something wrong with that and then you hear it land and the reverse thrust and you know it's down safely.

"It's always there in the back of your mind."

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