• AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION

  • Saturday 31 July at 9:00PM
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It should have been the start of a sunshine holiday, but on 22nd August 1985 disaster strikes as a British Airtours plane takes off from Manchester airport, heading for the Greek island of Corfu.
 
As the aircraft is accelerating, a loud 'thud' comes from the fuselage and the pilots abandon takeoff. They believe a tyre has blown but passengers on the left side of the plane see the real problem - one of the engines is on fire.  Soon, thick black smoke fills the cabin; panicked passengers struggle to escape, and just minutes later, the aircraft is completely ravaged by fire. More than 70 passengers and crew escape but 55 people die.
 
Can investigators determine how a minor emergency...
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