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Sunday 23 August 2015

Photos:The horrifying moment jet smashed into the A27


This is the dramatic scene where a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into a wedding limo during an air show in Shoreham on Sea East Sussex
This is the shocking moment when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet smashed into the A27 in Shoreham during an airshow display on Saturday afternoon.
Seven people were killed on the ground after the former RAF jet pilot, named locally as Andy Hill, crashed into a Daimler wedding limo that was on its way to pick up a bride and groom around 1.30pm. 
Miraculously, the pilot, who flies for British Airways, was pulled from the flaming wreckage of his jet and flown by air ambulance to hospital. He is currently in a critical condition.
South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed that seven people died in the crash, 14 were injured, with four of them taken to hospital. 
Footage has emerged showing the single-seater 1950s jet hurtling towards the ground before it exploded into a massive ball of flames and smoke.
More Photos after the cut...

The Hawker Hunter was completely destroyed with this section just behind the pilot engulfed in a fireball after it smashed into the ground 
 A fighter jet smashed into traffic on a busy road and burst into flames after failing to pull up from a loop-the-loop stunt during the airshow 

Emergency services raced to the scene of the crash and police were seen covering a Daimler limousine which had its roof sliced off  

The pilot was named locally as former RAF officer Andy Hill, who is believed to have been pulled alive from the wreckage  
'The Pilot'

Hundreds of spectators looked on in horror after the Hawker Hunter crashed into the ground and instantly burst into a fireball 
Witnesses have described seeing the jet stall during a loop-the-loop stunt at the airshow and fail to complete the manoeuvre  
 Witnesses have described seeing the jet stall during a loop-the-loop stunt at the airshow and fail to complete the manoeuvre  

 The 1950s jet erupted into a fireball as it disintegrated after it slammed into several cars along the A27 just outside the aerodrome  

Several people in cars travelling along the A27 were killed instantly in the fireball as well as two cyclists who were also on the road 
  

Sussex Police said there were several casualties after the jet came down but it was not known how many people were injured or how seriously they were hurt 

 Moments after the crash, stunned survivors surveyed the scene of the carnage as a pall of smoke hung low over the sky  

South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed that seven people died and 14 were injured including the pilot who was airlifted to hospital  


Apparently no where is safe. Even a wedding venue?!

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