Kegworth air disaster
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The Kegworth air disaster occurred when British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the motorway embankment between the M1 motorway and A453 road near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, while attempting to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport on 8 January 1989.
The scene of the disaster, with the runway that G-OBME failed to reach at the top of the picture
Sister aircraft of the accident aircraft, G-OBMF
Wreckage of G-OBME
Memorial scroll in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
M1 motorway
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The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston Bypass, which later became part of the M6.
Looking north towards junction 37 on one of the few stretches that remain three-lane
Looking north from B579 bridge at Chalton. Former cement works at Sundon to the right (May 1958)
Looking north from a similar position south of Toddington services (July 1959)
The M1 and M621 interchange on the northbound carriageways at Leeds