The Leicestershire village’s parish council will host a memorial service at St Andrew’s Church at 11am. Survivors and victims’ families will lay wreaths at the crash memorial in Kegworth Cemetery. Survivors, rescue staff and villagers gathered today to remember those killed and injured on January 8, 1989 Many retired members of staff and colleagues still in the service who attended the aftermath of the disaster, and others who remember the incident happening, attended the memorial service at St Andrew’s Church in Kegworth … British Midland Flight 92 experienced problems shortly after … The Kegworth air disaster in 1989 killed 47 people and left wreckage strewn across the M1. Memorial service for victims of Kegworth air disaster 1 January 2019 A MEMORIAL service for victims of the Kegworth air disaster, which claimed the lives of several local people and left a number of others seriously injured, takes place next Tuesday — 30 years after the crash which made headlines across the globe. Since the Air Disaster in 1989, the Parish Council and those who remember that fateful night, have marked each Anniversary by laying wreaths at the Memorial in Kegworth Cemetery as well as at the Plaque sited on the bridge over the M1. Colleagues have joined fellow emergency workers today at a memorial service to remember those killed in the tragic events of the Kegworth Air Disaster 30 years ago. 'A united spirit was forged that night' - Kegworth remembers the air crash 30 years on. Of … Some 47 people died when a British Midland Boeing 737 from Heathrow to Belfast went down in an embankment of the M1 as it tried to divert to East Midlands Airport on January 8, 1989. UPDATE 8 January 2019: Kegworth air disaster: Survivors and families to remember victims 30 years on. Leslie Bloomer was rescued by police sergeant Bob Salter when a Boeing 737 went down on an embankment of the M1. Kegworth: the lessons learnt from the last UK air disaster The Boeing’s pilots mistakenly shut down a correctly-working right-hand engine after loud bangs were heard coming from its … Kegworth Air Disaster Memorial On January 8, 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto an embankment overlooking the M1 motorway in Leicestershire, England. Kegworth Air Disaster, 8th January 1989. KEGWORTH AIR CRASH VICTIMS On Sunday, 8 January, 1989, 47 people lost their lives on a routine flight from London to Belfast which crashed near Kegworth in Leicestershire. A memorial service for victims of the Kegworth air disaster will take place next month, 30 years on from the tragedy. VICTIMS of the Kegworth air disaster have been remembered in a service to mark 30 years since the Belfast-bound flight crashed in Leicestershire. Kegworth air disaster: Survivor meets rescuer for first time after 30 years.