The first of four programmes in which
Jenni Mills traces critical periods in family life and talks to families about how they weathered the crisis. On 22 August 1985,
Damien, Debbie and two friends boarded a flight for Corfu at Manchester
Airport. The plane never made it off the runway. Fire and choking fumes spread through the passenger cabin. Damien and Debbie escaped. Their friends didn't.
Producer Sarah Rowlands