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| 'Casualties' as airshow plane crashes into cars on A27 at Shoreham | 'Casualties' as airshow plane crashes into cars on A27 at Shoreham |
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| A Hawker Hunter plane has crashed into several vehicles after coming down at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex. | A Hawker Hunter plane has crashed into several vehicles after coming down at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex. |
| Sussex Police said there are several casualties, but could not give details on their condition. | Sussex Police said there are several casualties, but could not give details on their condition. |
| The plane crashed into vehicles on the nearby A27. The road is likely to remain closed for several hours. | 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 was performing a loop but did not complete the manoeuvre and crashed. Police said it ended up in a bush. | |
| He said: "The aeroplane involved is a Hawker Hunter T mark 7. And he'd just begun his flying display. | He said: "The aeroplane involved is a Hawker Hunter T mark 7. And he'd just begun his flying display. |
| "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. | "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. |
| "And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport." | "And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport." |
| 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. | 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." | "Then there was a crunch sound and a ball of flames and thick black smoke came up from the ground." |
| At the scene | |
| BBC Sussex reporter Simon Jenkins | |
| I'm standing on the middle of the A27 and it's deserted. | |
| The police are taking no chances whatsoever. I've been asked to move back in case of any further explosions. | |
| I've been speaking to people and they are absolutely stunned. The plane seems to have stalled mid manoeuvre and came crashing down on the A27. | |
| The acrid smell and thick black smoke has just been fanning across the area and the skies are completely quiet. | |
| Shoreham Airshow also tweeted: "There has been a major incident outside the airfield boundary. | Shoreham Airshow also tweeted: "There has been a major incident outside the airfield boundary. |
| "The emergency services are responding. Updates will follow when available." | "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. | 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." | "The aircraft ended up in a bush. There have been several casualties but we have no further information on these at the moment." |
| It is the second incident at the Shoreham Airshow in recent years. In September 2007 James Bond stuntman Brian Brown, 49, died when he crashed a World War Two Hurricane after carrying out an unplanned barrel roll at a re-enactment of the Battle of Britain. |