Shoreham Air Show: Seven People Confirmed Dead As Video Shows Horrific Moment Jet Explodes Into A Fireball

Cuchulain wrote:He may have hit his ejector seat sassy who knows, waht we know is he fucked up on his loop the loop,

eddie wrote:

Cuchulain wrote:He may have hit his ejector seat sassy who knows, waht we know is he fucked up on his loop the loop,

Must've been very upsetting to watch. There were hundreds of people there.

Cuchulain wrote:

eddie wrote:

Must've been very upsetting to watch. There were hundreds of people there.

I agree and sadly do not wish to cast blame, but he did fuck up, badly so, and it cost lives

sassy wrote:

Cuchulain wrote:

I agree and sadly do not wish to cast blame, but he did fuck up, badly so, and it cost lives

You don't know that, there were reports that the plane split in the air.

Fourteen injured

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hopefully the pilot will be able to give some information on what went wrong -- I have to say, if that were me I not sure that I'd want to have survived after killing seven others.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hopefully the pilot will be able to give some information on what went wrong -- I have to say, if that were me I not sure that I'd want to have survived after killing seven others.

Mirror wrote:This is the pilot who was flying the plane which crashed and exploded into a ball of flames at Shoreham Airshow today.

Andy Hill was performing a loop when the Hawker Hunter fighter jet smashed into the A27.

The accident left seven people dead with one person now fighting for their life in hospital.

Friends say Mr Hill is a British Airways captain who was also a top RAF pilot.

David Wildridge, who flew at the airshow today, told the Mid Sussex Times: "He is a highly experience pilot, well-known and well-loved.

"He is highly professional and it is totally unusual for this too happen.

"He was a Harrier pilot in the air force. They are the top RAF pilots - the best of the best."

Mr Hill, whose wife is also a British Airways captain, started his career flying on a University Air Squadron and later began flying Airbus passenger jets.

He is also an experienced formation instructor and display pilot.

Initial reports suggested he had been pulled from the wreckage and rushed to hospital.

It is not known whether he survived the crash.

Video footage shows the plane burst into a huge ball of flames after hitting a number of vehicles.

Visitors to the airshow looked on in horror as dozens of emergency vehicles rushed to the scene.

South East Coast Ambulance Service has now confirmed seven people were killed.

One patient with serious life-threatening injuries has been transported to Royal Sussex County Hospital and further 14 patients treated for minor injuries.

Stephen Jones told the BBC: "He'd gone up into a loop and as he was coming out of the loop I just thought, you're too low, you're too low, pull up.

"And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport."

West Sussex Police said officers along with fire and ambulance services were at the scene dealing with the incident.

A spokesman said: "At about 1.20pm the aircraft hit several cars on the A27 just to the north of Shoreham Airport, where an air display is taking place.

"The aircraft ended up in a bush. There have been several casualties but we have no further information on these at the moment.

"The A27 has been closed in both directions and drivers are asked to avoid the area until further notice."

An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman said: "The AAIB is aware of the incident and we will be deploying a team to investigate."

Horrific photos appear to show a huge ball of flames at the point of impact.

Witnesses told how black smoke was seen billowing into the sky just moments after the accident.

It has been reported that the pilot was pulled from the burning wreckage of the crash and raced to hospital.

BBC South East reporter Chrissie Reidy tweeted that the plane hit two cars on the A27 north of Shoreham airport.

The A27 is currently closed in both directions between the A2025 for Lancing and the A283 for Shoreham.

Witnesses took to Twitter after seeing the horrific crash.

Jon B posted: "It turned from the north by Lancing College, went to go low towards the airfield and went behind some trees below where I was.

"Then there was a crunch sound and a ball of flames and thick black smoke came up from the ground."

Helen A tweeted: "A plane has just crashed at Shoreham air show, on a road right in front of my nephew, but he is ok thank god, near miss. Hope nobody hurt."

Bob Plowman tweeted: "Just witnessed a horrific aircraft crash at Shoreham airshow feel a bit shaken."

The airshow confirmed there had been a "major incident" and that emergency crews had raced to the scene.

Posting on Twitter, the show said: "There has been a major incident outside the airfield boundary. The emergency services are responding. Updates will follow when available."

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "Police are aware of the incident at the airshow and dealing."

Irn Bru wrote:The aircraft failed to pull out of the loop even though it had time to do so. Even up until the last few seconds the Hunter should have had enough power to pull up but it didn't.

The blowback from the aircraft as it climbed to altitude needs to be looked at as it indicates some sort of engine problem. Even as it levelled out there was another burst as if the pilot tried to put the power on but got nothing.

Here's the blowback just prior to the downturn.



Power loss?