AAIR 1/2017 HUNT (G-BXFI) manoeuvring near Shoreham UK, 22 Aug 2015
AAIR 1/2017 HUNT (G-BXFI) manoeuvring near Shoreham UK, 22 Aug 2015
On 22 August 2015 the pilot of a civil-operated Hawker Hunter carrying out a flying display sequence at Shoreham failed to complete a loop and partial roll manoeuvre and the aircraft crashed into road traffic unrelated to the airshow and exploded causing multiple third party fatalities and injuries. The Investigation found that the pilot had failed to enter the manoeuvre correctly and then failed to abandon it when it should have been evident that it could not be completed. It was concluded that the wider context for the accident was inadequate regulatory oversight of UK civil air display flying risk management.







