British Airtours Flight 28M 22/8/1985
I've done a little write up of this loss as part of an "on this day" thing I send around to our aviation related clients. For all its tragedy, it's amazing the changes that were subsequently made to improve the safety of commercial airline flight that arose directly from it.
What I was wondering in writing it up was whether it was the biggest loss of life on board an aircraft that never got off the ground? With 55 lives lost I'm sure it must be one of them, though I was by no means certain enough to state that it was actually the biggest.
So, being curious, I have joined here to pose the question. Hope this is the appropriate place to raise it and apologies in advance if this is not the case.