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| Shoreham air show plane crash: Fighter jet accident as crowds watch on in horror | |
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| • Witnesses have described the scene following the crash | • Witnesses have described the scene following the crash |
| • Video has emerged appearing to show the moment the plane crashed | • Video has emerged appearing to show the moment the plane crashed |
| • Seven people killed after Hawker Hunter crash on A27 | |
| • Sussex police confirmed there are 'several' casualities | |
| • 14 people have sustained 'minor injuries' | |
| Several people have been killed after a fighter jet crashed onto a busy motorway while performing at a country air show in Sussex on Saturday. | |
| The Hawker Hunter jet, which was performing a display at the Sussex air show, crashed on the A27 outside Brighton and struck four vehicles as it came down at around 1.20pm. | |
| Seven people were killed at the scene of the crash, the South East Coast Ambulance service confirmed, with one unidentified individual taken to hospital in a critical condition. 14 people sustained minor injuries. | |
| Immediately following the crash, social media users shared photographs and footage from the crash. One of the videos appeared to show the pilot attempting a loop manoeuvre before he crashed to the ground. | |
| So a plane just crashed right in front of me RIP pic.twitter.com/9mUxhKNSXa | |
| The Royal Sussex County Hospital, which was put on alert at around 2pm. confirmed two casualties had been admitted. Of these, one was said to be in a critical condition, with the other suffering from “minor” injuries. | |
| Hundreds of people watching the annual Royal Air Forces Association air show reported seeing the Hawker Hunter T mark 7 aircraft crash at the beginning of its display. | |
| Warning: the following footage contains scenes that some viewers may find upsetting | |
| Tony Wallace, 48 from Shoreham, watched the crash from nearby Mill Hill with his friends and two children and described the scene on the motorway as “like a war zone.” | |
| The A27 remained closed both ways, with Sussex police advising motorists to avoid the area. | |
| “There’s still plume of smoke, fire engines and a car covered in foam,” he told The Independent. “There are around 200 people watching it here and there was a gasp of horror. If the pilot ejected, we didn’t see it”. | |
| The status of the pilot remains unknown. It was initially reported that he had been pulled from the burning aircraft and was being treated in hospital; however, The Independent was not able to verify these claims. | |
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