British Airtours Flight 28M

When

22 Aug 1985

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

53.35° N, 2.29° W

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

55

Injured

15

1985 aviation accident in England

The 1985 Manchester Airport disaster occurred when British Airtours Flight 28M, an international passenger flight, was en route from Manchester Airport to Corfu International Airport. It caught fire on takeoff on 22 August 1985, resulting in 55 fatalities.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “British Airtours Flight 28M: The 737's left engine catches fire while on its takeoff roll at Manchester Airport in the UK and 55 people are killed while trying…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “пожар на авиалайнере в аэропорту Манчестера (Великобритания), погибло 55 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el aeropuerto de Mánchester (Inglaterra), un Boeing 737 del vuelo 28M de British Airtours (filial de British Airways) se incendia al explotar una de sus…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ブリティッシュ・エアツアーズ28M便火災事故。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page