Jet crash kills seven in British airshow

The road has bee closed, and drivers have been advised to avoid the area.

“It is possible that there are still bodies at the scene and it is important that our search is professional and thorough”, Derrick said at a news conference.

The jet plane which was named as Hawker Hunter was taking part in an air show at an airport near Shoreham in Sussex. Police would be stopping cars to ask people for video footage to aid the investigation.

Witnesses say the plane was performing a loop but did not complete the manoeuvre and crashed in a fireball.

Stephen Jones added: “He made a quick pass along the crowd line and pulled up into a loop and as he came out of it, I thought, ‘this is wrong, you’re too low, you’re not going to make this'”. That road has been chockablock all day and we can see stationary cars there now.

“We saw a massive plume of smoke, a big explosion”. It looks like a war zone.

The sound of applause rang out across the airfield as people stood solemnly watching.

People waiting to leave the airshow talked of their utter shock at the unexpected scene.

SECAMB confirm 7 fatalities from the crash at the Shoreham air show today. “There was smoke everywhere on the horizon”.

Shoreham Air Show said on Twitter that there had been a “major incident” and that emergency services were responding, Reuters reported.

It is the second tragic incident at the Shoreham Airshow in recent years.

It arrived at North Weald from St Athan in South Wales in July 2012 and Mr Peacock and his wife flew as passengers in the Hunter with ex-RAF pilot Chris Heames as recently as February. It is not known whether the pilot was able to eject.

News first breaks on social media of a plane crash at the airshow.

“He was a Harrier pilot in the air force”.

Their impressive formations demonstrated why they are widely regarded as the best parachute dispay team in the world.

The plane, believed to be a Hawker Hunter, reportedly hit several cars and even some cyclists before finally crashing to the ground.

The crash is one of a string of accidents involving vintage aircraft this summer, prompting calls for greater regulation of older aircraft. “It could have been a temporary fuel starvation issue”.

Shoreham Airshow organizers said the Sunday session of the show has been canceled following the accident.