Hawker crash at airshow today

[DmonSlyr]

https://youtu.be/pvHplYmh2f8

Ouch.

7 people confirmed dead.

Pilot did not bail but suvived the crash.
 
Edit: News source
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34027260

[Bruv119]

normally go to this airshow every year decided not to because of Elsie.

All the casualties were people on the A27, just traffic on a main road minding their own business. 

Tragic for all involved.   

[SysError]

Tragic for all involved.   

Agree.

Would an extra 500 or 1,000 feet have let him to possibly make it? 

He seemed to be coming out of it in the last 1/2 second or so.

[ghi]

Wow ,what a fireball , vaporized instantly      should move this activities  outside of populated areas, too many crashes are happening lately;

[hgtonyvi]

Really sad to see this. You guys think it was a malfunction, a bad misjudgment of altitude or bad throttle work?

[Gh0stFT]

no matter what it was, innocent people got killed, people who maybe didnt know about the airshow. Really, really sad. 

[Ack-Ack]

Really sad to see this. You guys think it was a malfunction, a bad misjudgment of altitude or bad throttle work?

BBC report I watched earlier said investigators are looking at the possibility the jet stalled during the maneuver.

[Squire]

I hope the pilot makes it but he must be in the most terrible condition. Its a miracle he was not killed instantly. Condolences to all what an awful thing to happen.

There must be a minimum altitude for aerobatics with jets? Even if he did the loop geez that seemed low.

[Ripsnort]

I'm not familiar with the course or the field, but I hope he wasn't intentionally trying to a "fly by" over the traffic for shock value. That would be categorized in the "Hold my beer, watch this!"

[Tec]

Reminiscent of the Thunderbird crash just unfortunately ended on a roadway instead of a clear runway.  The aftermath video is not a pretty scene, one car completely pancaked by the jet and a bunch more burnt up by the fireball.  If I was the pilot I think I'd almost rather buy it in the crash than live on with the guilt.  RIP to the dead. 

[DaveBB]

That must be a typo, there is no way the pilot could have survived that crash.

[Tec]

That must be a typo, there is no way the pilot could have survived that crash.

It is hard to believe but all the go juice is behind the cockpit so if that part broke free on impact he could have made it.  I'm sure he's not in pretty shape though.

[100Coogn]

That was terrible.   

Coogan

[DaveBB]

Here is a dashcam still of the aircraft.  Notice that the canopy is actually open after impact. 



http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=49553&filename=1440261728kTff0E.jpg

[Tec]

Man all those poor diddlyers in the corner look like they're about a millisecond away from being engulfed in burning jet fuel.