Boeing 737-400 crash, Jan 8, 1989 (47 killed), East Midlands
Boeing 737-400 accident on January 8, 1989 near East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom with 47 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error: after the left...
- Date: January 8, 1989
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 47
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error: after the left engine failed the crew shut down the serviceable right engine, based on the AAIB finding that the crew misidentified the failed engine; the initiating fault was fan blade fatigue in the left engine.
British Midland Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400 from London Heathrow to Belfast, lost power in its left engine after a fan blade failure. The crew shut down the serviceable right engine, and the aircraft came down near the M1 motorway at Kegworth in Leicestershire, killing 47 of the 126 occupants.