Kegworth

But the captain was reluctant to do this.

Fresh in his mind was the training he had received about the Kegworth accident in the UK, which had occurred just two years previously.

In that accident, the pilots had experienced serious engine problems and had inadvertently shut down the wrong engine.

This led to the aircraft crashing into an embankment just short of the runway, killing 47 people.

The outbreak originated in a television set which had inadvertently been left switched on and had become overheated.

Insufficient insulation in the loudspeaker of a television set caused the death of Victor Smith, aged four, in Kegworth.

He was found dead near the set at his home.

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