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| The UK air industry regulator has announced “significant restrictions” on the use of vintage jets in air shows following the Shoreham Air Show crash. | The UK air industry regulator has announced “significant restrictions” on the use of vintage jets in air shows following the Shoreham Air Show crash. |
| The Civil Aviation Authority released a statement saying it will continue to prevent all Hawker Hunter, which pilot Andy Hill was flying when it crashed onto the A27, flights temporarily and has “significantly restricted” all other types of flying displays by vintage aircrafts- limiting them to flypasts rather than “high energy” aerobatics “until further notice”. | The Civil Aviation Authority released a statement saying it will continue to prevent all Hawker Hunter, which pilot Andy Hill was flying when it crashed onto the A27, flights temporarily and has “significantly restricted” all other types of flying displays by vintage aircrafts- limiting them to flypasts rather than “high energy” aerobatics “until further notice”. |
| Up to 20 people are believed to have been killed in the disaster when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into the A27 when it failed to come out of a complexed aerobatic stunt. | |
| Mr Hill was rushed to hospital where he remains in a medically induced coma after being pulled from the wreckage on Saturday. An explosion at the Shoreham Air Show, in Sussex, Britain, 22 August 2015, after a fighter jet crashed | |
| Several people have been killed including personal trainer Matt Jones and Worthing United footballers and Jason Schilt and Matthew Grimstone. | |
| The fiancée of one possible victim, 49-year-old motorcyclist Mark Trussler, has appealed for information on his whereabouts. He is believed to have been on the A27 at the time of the incident and has not been seen since. | |
| The mother of Matthew, Sue Grimstone, told the Daily Telegraph she believed the air show should have never taken place on land and the shows should be restricted to the sea in future. | |
| Labour MP and former member of the Commons Transport Committee, Grahame Morris told the Mirror that he believed air shows should only be allowed to perform at sea. | |
| He said: “I think when an event like this kills 11 people - and it's not the first time there have been fatalities at an air show - there should be a serious look at the regulations with a view to tightening them up.” |