The aircraft involved, G-BGJL named River Orrin photographed three months before the fire
Accident
Date
22 August 1985, 07:13 BST
Summary
Fire on the ground caused by uncontained engine failure
Site
Manchester Airport Manchester, England 53°21′4″N2°16′54″W / 53.35111°N 2.28167°W / 53.35111; -2.28167
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-236 Advanced
Aircraft name
River Orrin (formerly Goldfinch)
Operator
British Airtours
IATA flight No.
KT328
ICAO flight No.
BKT28M
Call sign
BEATOURS 28 MIKE
Registration
G-BGJL
Flight origin
Manchester Airport
Destination
Corfu International Airport
Occupants
137
Passengers
131
Crew
6
Fatalities
55 (54 on site, 1 subsequently in the hospital (53 passengers, 2 crew))[1]
Injuries
15 (serious injuries)
Survivors
82
G-BGJL, the aircraft involved, seen at the accident airport, Manchester Airport, in 1982, while still in its previous livery
The 1985 Manchester Airport disaster occurred when British Airtours Flight 28M (officially known as Flight 328), an international passenger flight, was en-route from Manchester Airport to Corfu International Airport and caught fire on takeoff on 22 August, 1985. The accident resulted in 55 fatalities.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-236 registered G-BGJL, previously named Goldfinch, but at the time of the accident named River Orrin, was flown by British Airtours, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways. It had 131 passengers and six crew on the manifest. During the takeoff roll, a loud thump was heard, and takeoff was aborted. An engine failure had generated a fire and the captain ordered evacuation.[2]: 102 The engine failure was later traced to an incorrectly repaired combustor causing the turbine disc to shatter and puncture the wing fuel tanks. Most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation, not burns; 82 people survived.[1]
An aviation analyst said the accident was "a defining moment in the history of civil aviation" because it brought about industry-wide changes to the seating layout near emergency exits, fire-resistant seat covers, floor lighting, fire-resistant wall and ceiling panels, more fire extinguishers and clearer evacuation rules.[3][4]
^ ab"Service held to mark 1985 Manchester air disaster". BBC News. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^AAIB report No:8/88 – Boeing 737-236, G-BGJL, at Manchester Airport. Air Accidents Investigation Branch. 1989. ISBN 0-11-550892-9. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
^"Lessons learned from 1985 Manchester runway disaster". BBC News. 23 August 2010.
^"Jet disaster survivors meet pilot 25 years on". Manchester Evening News. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
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