Thread: Shoreham plane crash: Seven dead after Hawker Hunter hits cars

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Trying to loop de loop in that old bucket.

yea coming down the plane lost power and could not complete the loop.

looked like a suicide jobbie and fvcking amazing he's still alive.

I think you will find all these vintage planes on display however old have still to meet very strict safety regs + certificates

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

I think you will find all these vintage planes on display however old have still to meet very strict safety regs + certificates

Yeah Harrison Ford can testify to that.


Meanwhile....

At least one person has died after two planes collided in mid-air at an airshow in northern Switzerland.

Police said the two aircraft were in a formation of three planes when they crashed in Dittingen on Sunday morning.

this shows just how out of control the plane was.


LiveLeak.com - Shoreham Air Show, Sussex - Plane Crash Recorded by Dash Cam

Best to just wait for the official investigation, but I will still give My pennies worth, he had enough altitude to complete the loop, but the Hunter stopped responding to his instructions and dived .
As for the motorists it's just about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shit happens.

The ghouls capturing the aftermath of the crash with their fucking smartphones and tablets makes one want to puke. What is it about the lower end of society these days that feels compelled to record anything and everything in their miserable, lacklustre and insignificant little lives. Do they imagine their innate worthlessness is somehow diminished by the act?

Originally Posted by wasabi

Best to just wait for the official investigation, but I will still give My pennies worth, he had enough altitude to complete the loop, but the Hunter stopped responding to his instructions and dived .
As for the motorists it's just about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shit happens.

No shit, Sherlock? And a philosopher too, eh?

Originally Posted by cyrille

Probably never have fuckin antique aeroplanes performing juvenile stunts over the heads of thousands of people.

Comparisons to crossing the road or skiing etc are utterly stupid. With those things a risk is taken by the person most likely to get injured. No risk is acknowledged by someone walking along a pavement that a frikin fireball is going to envelope them from above.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

I'm surprised they let planes loop the loop over public areas in the heavily health and safety conscious UK.

It's utterly incomprehensible how he is not guilty of gross negligence.

Originally Posted by wasabi

As for the motorists it's just about being in the wrong place

They were in the right place on a road some stopped at a set of traffic lights.
The aircraft was in the wrong place performing aerobatics.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Shit happens

What a Cnut !!

I'm surprised they let planes loop the loop over public areas in the heavily health and safety conscious UK.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by wasabi

Shit happens

What a Cnut !!

I'm surprised they let planes loop the loop over public areas in the heavily health and safety conscious UK.

Seems to be a bone of contention. Shoreham Airport invites the Red Arrows to join them every year but they refuse to take part in any aerobatics on the grounds it is too dangerous (nowhere to come down safely in the event of an emergency they say).

Originally Posted by klong toey

The aircraft was in the wrong place performing aerobatics.

The 65 year old aircraft.

Utter madness.

If it had been in Hua Hin or somewhere the 'Only in Thailand' brigade would be onto it like flies on shit.

The 65 year old aircraft.

no shortage of aircraft under 5 years old crashing either.

this was most likely down to a miscalculation by the pilot.

death toll now could reach 20.

Pilot has been placed in a medically induced coma - looks bad. RIP to victims.

Air Shows To Be 'Significantly Restricted

Vintage jet displays over land are limited to flypasts "until further notice" while authorities investigate the Shoreham crash.

"Significant" restrictions on UK air shows are being introduced in the wake of the fatal jet crash in Shoreham at the weekend.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has imposed new rules "until further notice" while the authorities conduct an investigation.
Vintage jet displays over land will be limited to flypasts.


http://news.sky.com/story/1540962/ai...tly-restricted

Was listening today , I believe it was radio 4 where they were interviewing a pilot , and he was saying after watching the video closely of how it all panned out , he would not be surprised if the pilot had momentarily blacked out .

Perhaps because of the shape he is in now we will never know the answer to that one

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Was listening today , I believe it was radio 4 where they were interviewing a pilot , and he was saying after watching the video closely of how it all panned out , he would not be surprised if the pilot had momentarily blacked out .

Perhaps because of the shape he is in now we will never know the answer to that one

I am no expert but looking at the video at about 1.57 doesn't it look like the pilot is trying to pull the nose up? As best as I can see the aircraft seems to almost 'flop' to the ground at the last minute. Maybe we have some video analysts on here who can say for sure?

Warning: footage may upset some people.

One of the fatalities is Maurice Abrahams, a old friend and neighbour of mine. He was 76 and used to suppliment his income by doing weddings in his vintage Daimler. You can see his car in one of Klong Toey's earlier images. Maurice was ex Coldstream Guards and Parachute Regiment. RIP Maurice.

Well the first bit of the official report into this tragedy came out today 4/9/15 and apparently according to the expert pilots involved in it one thing they seem to agree on is the fact the pilot was NOT high enough in the first place to begin this stunt .

The 3 main chunks of the aircraft have been examined and apparently as far as they can see it was all in order before the crash.

The plane was inspected immediately before takeoff at North Weald by an engineer and passed off as safe to fly ,, however pilots have noted on takeoff it seemed a little sluggish to normal .

There was NO black box carried on this craft .

The investigation continues

We just had a free aerobatic display from a Spitfire about 1/2 mile from us.
Inverted loops,power dives,tail slides and a few i don't know the names of,the pilot was certainly giving it some.
Had my mouth wide open a few times waiting for a bang because he was pretty low pulling out of the loops.