I was at RAF Brawdy in west Wales. I saw the news on the TV whilst sitting in the groundcrew crewroom of B Flt 202 Sqn RAF. It even caused the uckers game to be abandoned. I was a fresh faced Junior Technician straight out of training at the time.
Was that really 25 years ago.....
It was an incredibly sad event, and unfortunately was the beginning of many tragedies over the next couple of years as I seem to remember.
Chernobyl, the Herald of Free Enterprise, Kegworth, Lockerbie, King Cross tube fire, Piper Alpha. Is my memory playing tricks or were all those events between '86 and '88?