Kegworth
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Kegworth is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region, England.
View of Kegworth from Long Lane
The view from Soar Bridge — the canalised river is the border between the counties of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire
Kegworth sunset from the Soar Bridge
Kegworth air disaster 30th anniversary memorial bench
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,
Kegworth
…the runway on the eastern side of the nearby East Midlands Airport. Although this was outside the village, it has subsequently been referred to as the Kegworth air disaster. A memorial to those who died in the crash stands in the village cemetery on Whatton Road. There is also a plaque sited on the Ashby Road bridge over…
Aerial view of the aircraft wreckage; the runway the aircraft failed to reach is at the top of the photograph
G-OBME, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1988
Photograph taken in May 2006, showing the location of the disaster
Wreckage of G-OBME