Hawker Hunter WV372, run by Canfield Hunter, failed to pull out of a loop and crashed into the A27. At least seven people were killed on the ground, and fourteen injured. The pilot, Andy Hill, was rescued from the burning wreck and life-flighted to hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Shoreham police have put out a request for all video or photos of the event. If you have any, please send it to: shoreham.aircrash2015@sussex.pnn.police.uk
My thoughts can only be with the casualties, and hopes and prayers that there are not more. The people I know in the area have checked in. Others won’t have been so lucky.
It is the first time since 1952 that spectators on the ground have been killed at an airshow in Britain. Proportionately more spectators have died in soccer matches than at airshows. (The second deadliest sport for spectators is racing driving).
I will not link to video of the crash. There’s enough of that on any news channel. The Sea Vixen flew one unrecorded fly-by in tribute. The video I will link is the Avro Vulcan, in its last display season, performing one slow fly past to a minute’s silence for the fallen.
"I know you will understand why we do this but I would like you to please pause a moment while the Vulcan flies through." Mr Terence Henderson, Shoreham announcer.
Shoreham Herald, Vulcan Flypast Tribute
In the meanwhile all there is to offer are prayers for all those involved, and a fervent, probably futile, hope that there are no more casualties to find and the death toll grows no higher.
This blog has now moved to http://www.rablogs.co.uk/tirial, where the original article can be found. Shoreham - http://rablogs.co.uk/tirial/2015/08/23/shoreham/ was published on August 23, 2015 at 1:51 am.
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