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| Shoreham Airshow crash: Vintage jet restrictions announced | |
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| Significant restrictions on vintage jets in air shows have been imposed after the Shoreham crash, the UK's aviation regulator has announced. | |
| The Civil Aviation Authority said they would be "limited to flypasts", which meant "high-energy aerobatics" would not be permitted in displays over land. | |
| At least 11 people died after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex on Saturday. | At least 11 people died after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex on Saturday. |
| The death toll is expected to rise as parts of the plane are removed. | |
| A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) also said that all Hawker Hunter aircraft had been grounded until further notice. | |
| The regulator added that it would be conducting "additional risk assessments on all forthcoming civil air displays". | |
| In a statement, the authority stressed that individual display pilots were only granted approval to fly "following a thorough test of their abilities". | |
| 'Deeply saddened' | |
| Andrew Hill, the pilot of the crashed jet, has been put in medically-induced coma after being pulled from the wreckage. | |
| The 51-year-old from Sandon, near Buntingford in Hertfordshire, suffered multiple injuries and is in a critical condition. | |
| In a statement, his family said they were "devastated and deeply saddened" by the loss of life and sent "prayers and heartfelt condolences to the families of all those affected". | |
| Meanwhile, the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA), which organises Shoreham Airshow, has defended the event's safety record. | |
| "The team at Shoreham have many years of experience in running air shows throughout the UK and all aircraft have to be certificated and all pilots authorised by the CAA before they are allowed to undertake display routines at any air show," a spokesman said. | |
| Saturday's crash is the second incident at the Shoreham Airshow, one of the premier air shows in the UK, 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. |