From 5 November 1994 to 4 May 1995 live veal calves were exported from Coventry Airport to Amsterdam for distribution across Europe , and the locality became a focus for animal rights demonstrators . On 21 December 1994 Air Algérie Flight 702P , a Boeing 737 , used for exporting calves crashed in Willenhall Wood , Willenhall , Coventry near to houses , on approach to the airport in bad weather , all five people on board were killed . The aircraft was owned by Air Algerie and on lease to Phoenix Aviation . On 1 February 1995 , Jill Phipps , an animal rights activist aged 31 years , was crushed to death under the wheels of a lorry carrying live veal calves into Coventry Airport
Air Algérie Flight 702P
Air Algérie Flight 702P
Coventry Airport