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Shoreham crash pilot facing possible manslaughter charge over 11 dead | |
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A pilot whose vintage jet crashed at the Shoreham Airshow killing 11 people, is being investigated for manslaughter, police have confirmed. | |
Former RAF pilot Andy Hill, 52, was interviewed under caution by police in December, after recovering from critical injuries in the 2015 crash. | |
The details emerged in papers filed by Sussex Police in its High Court bid to access evidence. | The details emerged in papers filed by Sussex Police in its High Court bid to access evidence. |
Mr Hill's Hawker Hunter crashed into four pieces, hitting people on the A27. | Mr Hill's Hawker Hunter crashed into four pieces, hitting people on the A27. |
Sussex Police said: "A 52-year-old man was notified in December he is being investigated for possible endangerment pursuant to Article 138 Air Navigation Order 2009 and also manslaughter by gross negligence." | Sussex Police said: "A 52-year-old man was notified in December he is being investigated for possible endangerment pursuant to Article 138 Air Navigation Order 2009 and also manslaughter by gross negligence." |
'Hugely insensitive' | |
As part of its inquiry, the force has applied to see material gathered by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau including cockpit recorders from the vintage Hawker Hunter and other footage. | |
Mr Hill was taken to the Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton after the crash on 22 August 2015 and placed in a medically-induced coma. He was later moved to a specialist hospital. | |
BBC Sussex revealed last December that he voluntarily attended an appointment at a police station in Hertfordshire and was not arrested. | BBC Sussex revealed last December that he voluntarily attended an appointment at a police station in Hertfordshire and was not arrested. |
Tim Loughton, Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, said the families of the victims were having to wait too long to get to the truth. | |
"I am most concerned that it has taken so long to get to this point," he said. | |
He added the families should not have had to find out about the manslaughter investigation through the press. | |
"The families need some sort of closure, to find out about this in the press is hugely insensitive and I really feel for them." | |
The victims: | The victims: |