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Plane crashes at Shoreham Airshow 'Casualties' as airshow plane crashes into cars on A27 at Shoreham
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A Hawker Hunter plane has crashed at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex and hit several vehicles, police say. A Hawker Hunter plane has crashed into several vehicles after coming down at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex.
Sussex Police said there are several casualities, but do not know how many or what condition they are in. Sussex Police said there are several casualties, but could not give details on their condition.
The plane is believed to be in a bush and the A27 is closed in both directions. It is likely to remain that way for the rest of the day. The plane crashed into vehicles on the nearby A27. The road is likely to remain closed for several hours.
Eyewitness Stephen Jones said the plane did a loop but did not complete it and crashed. Eyewitness Stephen Jones said the plane was performing a loop but did not complete the manoeuvre and crashed.
Other spectators have been told it could be "several hours" before they can leave the area. He said: "The aeroplane involved is a Hawker Hunter T mark 7. And he'd just begun his flying display.
Are you in area? Did you witness the crash? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your story. "He'd gone up into a loop and as he was coming out of the loop I just thought, you're too low, you're too low, pull up.
Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways: "And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport."
Or use the form below One eyewitness, tweeting as Jon B, said: "It (the plane) turned from the north by Lancing College, went to go low towards the airfield and went behind some trees below where I was.
"Then there was a crunch sound and a ball of flames and thick black smoke came up from the ground."
Shoreham Airshow also tweeted: "There has been a major incident outside the airfield boundary.
"The emergency services are responding. Updates will follow when available."
In a statement police said: "At about 1.20pm the aircraft hit several cars on the A27 just to the north of Shoreham Airport, where an air display is taking place.
"The aircraft ended up in a bush. There have been several casualties but we have no further information on these at the moment."