Stockport Air Disaster Memorial
Introduction
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Stockport Air Disaster Memorial
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 17 Aug 2013
On Sunday 4th June 1967 a Canadair C-4 Argonaut aircraft owned by British Midland Airways, en-route from Palma de Mallorca to Manchester crashed at Hopes Carr, a small open area off Hillgate. Local people rescued 10 passengers, a stewardess and the pilot before flames engulfed the aircraft. The remaining 72 people aboard perished in the flames. A memorial plaque at the corner of Hopes Carr and Waterloo Road was unveiled by two survivors of the crash in 1998 Image A second memorial dedicated to the rescuers was unveiled in 2002 Image The area Image has remained virtually untouched since the disaster but an area regeneration plan conceived in 2008 planned the creation of 350 apartments and 5000 sqm of commercial space with the memorials being moved to a "peace garden" overlooking the Hempshaw Valley. So far only 46 new homes have been built in the area and the memorials remain where they are.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.407257
Longitude
-2.153693