Kegworth Air Disaster - Casualties

Casualties

Of the 118 passengers on board, thirty-nine were killed in the crash and eight died later, for a total of forty-seven fatalities. All eight members of the flight crew survived the accident. Of the 79 survivors, 74 suffered serious injuries and five suffered minor injuries. No-one on the motorway was injured, and all vehicles in the vicinity of the disaster were undamaged. The first person to arrive at the scene to render aid was a motorist who subsequently received damages for post-traumatic stress disorder.