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    The 1985 Manchester Airport disaster occurred when British Airtours Flight 28M (officially known as Flight 328), an international passenger flight, was...
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    Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Manchester city centre...
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  • the Century", a 2005 90-minute special investigating the Tenerife airport disaster, as the program is not branded as Mayday by Cineflix, even though the...
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    British Airways Flight 2276 (category Harry Reid International Airport)
    O'Hare Airport. Korean Air Flight 2708 – Another Boeing 777 that experienced an engine fire at Haneda Airport. BOAC Flight 712 1985 Manchester Airport disaster...
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  • ɛzɛl]; Dutch: Heizeldrama [ˈɦɛizəlˌdraːmaː]) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when Juventus fans were escaping from an attack by Liverpool...
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    and the only UK airport other than Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport to operate the Airbus A380. A smaller City Airport Manchester exists 9.3 km (6 mi)...
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    Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK), commonly referred to as Prestwick Airport, is an international airport serving the west of Scotland...
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    Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner city...
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  • Southend via Manchester to Shannon – occurred in June 1953. Operations initially continued from Meredith's old base at Southend Airport, where Meredith...
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  • the Winter Hill air disaster, a Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter traveling from the Isle of Man to Manchester Ringway Airport crashed into Winter...
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    Safety Network. Retrieved October 23, 2023. "Service held to mark 1985 Manchester air disaster". BBC News. August 22, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2015. "Andropov's...
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    councils are joint-owners of the Manchester Airport Group which controls Manchester Airport and three other UK airports. Other services are directly funded...
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  • Kingdom began the same year. On 1 October 1964, after buying the Manchester Airport-based scheduled and charter airline Mercury Airlines, the company...
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  • Flight 28M, a Boeing 737-236, aborts their takeoff at Manchester International Airport in Manchester, England, and find an engine on fire after taxiing to...
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    Disasters. 9 (3): 197–205. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1985.tb00940.x. "Boddingtons Bitter Pump Head". Science Museum Group. "Our history". Manchester Literary...
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  • Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. They were the first English club to participate...
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    George Best (category Manchester United F.C. players)
    pinnacle of Best's career, but arguably Manchester United's greatest achievement, considering the Munich air disaster had wiped out most of the Busby Babes...
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  • were killed. The plane had taken off minutes before from Jakarta's Halim Airport on a promotional flight for the recently launched jet, and was carrying...
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    Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW) is a major commercial airport on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, located...
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  • Caledonian Commuter scheme in 1982 was Humberside Airport-based Genair. Genair, which had been formed as a Manchester-based executive charter airline in November...
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    Phuket International Airport (IATA: HKT, ICAO: VTSP) is an international airport serving the island of Phuket and its province in southern Thailand. It...
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  • in response to the crash of British Airtours Flight 28M at the Manchester airport in 1985, in which 55 people died. Following the accident research indicated...
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    Manchester International Airport. By 1900 the Manchester city region was the 9th most populous in the world. In the early 20th century Manchester's economy...
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  • The Doomsday Flight (category 1960s disaster films)
    copycat incidents involving bomb threats. At Los Angeles International Airport, a Douglas DC-8 airliner takes off for New York. Shortly after takeoff...
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    airports around the United Kingdom. The airline was also the largest UK domestic operator, serving major British cities, including London, Manchester...
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    Dennis Viollet (category Manchester United F.C. players)
    killing 21 people, including seven Manchester United players, in what would become known as the Munich air disaster. Viollet survived, suffering only injuries...
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  • The 1996 Manchester bombing was an attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 15 June 1996. The IRA detonated a 1,500-kilogram...
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    Bill Foulkes (category Manchester United F.C. players)
    played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester United,...
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    Croydon Airport (ICAO: EGCR) was the UK's only international airport during the interwar period. It opened in 1920, located near Croydon, then part of...
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  • Frank Swift (category Footballers killed in the Munich air disaster)
    News of the World. He died, aged 44, in the Munich air disaster after reporting on Manchester United's European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade. Born...
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