Organisers cancel rest of Shoreham Airshow after crash

The road is likely to remain closed for at least the rest of the weekend while a police and AAIB investigation is carried out.

The drive stated all of the casualties have been believed to have occurred on the street, and nobody on the airfield was believed injured.

Seven people died when a plane crashed into cars on a major road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex.

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

A Hawker Hunter fighter jet has reportedly crashed into several cars on the A27, resulting in several casualties.

Shoreham Airshow 2015. Crash. As the plane headed back toward the ground, the pilot failed to complete the 360-degree turn and the jet plowed straight into the ground. However, former air accident investigator Tony Cable, who also investigated military crashes, said the aircraft’s age would “not radically alter the investigation”.

Reports did not elaborate on whether the pilot had ejected or not, but witnesses said he had just begun his display when the crash happened.

The air show was suspended for the rest of the day.

“From where we were we could see the jet came down very low and looked like it was going to scoop up – but it didn’t”, she said.

The Hunter jet crashed and burst into flames close to a public house and Lancing College, a boarding school that during term-time is home to hundreds of pupils.

He said: “It’s tragic news that it has been confirmed that there have been fatalities and we obviously hope that those numbers will not increase”. Last Saturday, a US Army parachutist died after he was involved in a mid-air collision with another parachutist at a Chicago air show.

“We mustn’t rush to knee jerk reactions about the safety of airshows”, said Tim Loughton, a member of Britain’s parliament who represents Shoreham.

A fighter jet taking part in a British airshow Saturday crashed into a highway, killing seven people. What followed was an unbelievable, horrific crash and explosion.