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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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Memorial for Kegworth crash victims takes place

Memorial display at St Andrew's church, Kegworth Credit: ITV News Central

Prayers have been said for the victims and their families of the Kegworth air crash at St Andrew's church this morning.

Forty-seven people died, and 74 were seriously injured, when the British Midland flight to Belfast came down near Kegworth in Leicestershire 25 years ago today.

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