Other flood warnings included the River Soar at Zouch, Kegworth Bridge and Redhill.

BBC: Cars stuck in floodwater

One of the worst recent incidents in the UK involving a Boeing was in January 1989, when a British Midland Boeing 737 bound for Belfast crashed onto the M1 near the village of Kegworth in Leicestershire, killing 47 people.

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