Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "B-52 Fire at Grand Forks Air Force Base" video.

  1. In the Manchester Airport Disaster on 22nd August 1985 a British Airtours had a problem when the port, left, engine caught fire during takeoff. The crew managed to abort the takeoff and when they got to the end of the runways turned to the right to clear it before stopping to allow the evacuation to begin. Unfortunately this meant that the wind blew straight along the wing and set the cabin on fire where 54 people died, with one more dying in hospital. If the pilot had turned left instead of right the wind would have blown away from the cabin and most, if not all, could have survived.
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