Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 22, 1985 (55 killed), Mancheste...
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 22, 1985 near Manchester-Ringway, Great Manchester, United Kingdom with 55 fatalities. Cause: Uncontained failure of...
- Date: August 22, 1985
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Manchester-Ringway, Great Manchester, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 55
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Uncontained failure of the left engine, started by failure of a previously repaired combustor can, whose fragment breached an underwing fuel tank access panel; the fire spread into the cabin, aided by lack of cabin firefighting provision and toxic cabin materials, according to AAIB report 8/88.
British Airtours Flight 28M, a Boeing 737 bound for Corfu, caught fire on takeoff from runway 24 at Manchester Ringway on 22 August 1985 after an uncontained failure of the left engine. The fire spread into the cabin and 55 people died, mainly from smoke inhalation, while 82 survived.