Spooky56 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Hunter T7 WV372 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I´m shock with the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Yes just seen a video of the crash. I know who the pilot is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Looks like it went down on queuing traffic at roadworks and traffic lights. I suspect there were fatalities. Video: http://www.rt.com/news/313109-plane-crash-shoreham-airshow/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) Just seen this on the BBC news page: "A light aircraft has crashed close to an airfield on the Isle of Wight. The single engine plane came down behind hangars at Isle of Wight Airport at Sandown shortly after 10:20 BST, Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue said. The male pilot was airlifted to hospital in Southampton with serious but not life threatening, injuries. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash. A World War Two commemoration event was being held at the airfield at the time." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-34026444 Missed it earlier. Do we know anything about it? Edited August 22, 2015 by chaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 It appears to have hit the road and immediately bounced over into the trees. Someone must have that Hunter crash in close up on there in-car camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Shocking video Bookneck if that comment is a joke its not funny.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 What a terrible day. That video is truly horrifying, and I fear that this incident may have a huge impact on air display rules in the future. What impact I don't know, but there will inevitably be calls for restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Mike wouldn't joke about such things... he's probably hoping that it might help the investigators. I really hope it spared the poor folks at the lights, but it looks unlikely after seeing the video 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Why would it be a joke? There are loads of cars stationary at that junction; there is even one car coming through the lights (moving to the left) and passes just as the plane hits the road. If we are watching videos by show attendees and the like, what is wrong with mentioning that someone in their car, close to the scene, may have a better image of what happened? I'm sure that the emergency services will already be considering this for accident investigation evaluators etc. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Bookneck if that comment is a joke its not funny....Knowing Mike he does not joke about these things. A sad day for those involved. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Terrible news, and having just seen the video, I don't think that the pilot, or anyone at the impact site, could have survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 If you check and pause the video, he has the flaps deployed at the top of the loop and they are still deployed at impact. I know it was a common tactic in mock combat to use flap to lose speed. Can only speculate if this has some bearing on what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4scourge7 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Utterly horrific tragedy. My thoughts are with all those caught up in this terrible accident. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) If you check and pause the video, he has the flaps deployed at the top of the loop and they are still deployed at impact. I know it was a common tactic in mock combat to use flap to lose speed. Can only speculate if this has some bearing on what happened. To early to speculate. But use of flap tightens the turn rate. Most likely to have been a normal part of the airshow routine. It does look like he mushed in from the loop but the reason that happened will not be clear for a while. Mechanical problem or pilot error. Far too soon to say. I saw the same aircraft and presumably the same pilot at a couple of airshows recently. TThey were very precise displays. Edited August 22, 2015 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 A sad and tragic accident, thoughts go out to those involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Pictures surfacing on FB. This one shows pretty much point of impact on the road and pedestrians to the right (look like workers in high vis?). Not looking good at all. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNBYttRWIAAHueY.jpg:large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 7 Fatalaties confirmed , so very tragic and heartbreaking for families involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8fan Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 My condolences to the family and friends of everyone involved. Heartbreaking. R.I.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Awful. Condolences to anyone affected or involved. The videos and pictures are quite chilling but perhaps will be able to contribute to determining what went wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 According to this news report, the pilot did survive. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207016/Pilot-pulled-burning-wreckage-plane-crashes-Shoreham-Airshow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 If the pilot has indeed survived, then that is a miracle, but unfortunately 7 deaths have now been confirmed, my thoughts to their friends and families. looks like it stalled during the loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) Horrible news, terrible for all the people caught up in this, condolences to all those terribly unlucky people on the road. That Hunter first flew in 1955 and was converted to a T7 in 1959, was at Jever in Germany the same time as my dad so he may well have come into contact with it. Gutted by this news of this tragedy. Edited August 22, 2015 by SimonR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Very sad news looks like it pancaked on the motorway coming out the loop at the bottom there seemed a lot of birds around. Hope people are safe and not hurt to bad. It does annoy me that already the media are scaremongering stiring and tryin to suggest airshows are bad etc etc. Sadly life has its accidents and they are never pleasant but alas it's reality and it happens. Shame about the Hunter. I never rember there being so many air crashes as there seems this past few years. Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Sad news, for all those that died in the terrible accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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