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The day that Margaret Thatcher nearly died: How first female PM was almost killed in fog-bound plane crash weeks after surviving Brighton bomb

The day that Margaret Thatcher nearly died: How first female PM was almost killed in fog-bound plane crash weeks after surviving Brighton bomb

It was December 22, 1984 and Mrs Thatcher's RAF VC-10 had spent nearly 20 hours in the air, returning from high-stakes talks in China over the future of Hong Kong .

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