Airshow crash kills 7 in England as plane crashes onto cars on road.

[SnoopZ]

Tragedy at an Airshow at Shoreham in England as a plane comes down onto a main road crushing cars!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207016/Pilot-pulled-burning-wreckage-plane-crashes-Shoreham-Airshow.html

 

[Redmak Administrators]

That's terrible

[tompkin]

Awful. 

[Ben Gordon]

not sure how stunt planes are still even legal. Seems you hear crashes all the time.. just a matter of time before the crash was going to kill significant others

[BobSlob]

not sure how stunt planes are still even legal. Seems you hear crashes all the time.. just a matter of time before the crash was going to kill significant others

 

It's not a stunt plane though...

[Polonium]

 

It's not a stunt plane though...

This.

 

[Crisp]

Shoulda gone to specsavers

[Ben Gordon]

LOL sorry a jet. Have some respect.

[Polonium]

We should ban airliners as well then? They crash and cause significant damage to others?

This was an accident. They happen.

[Ben Gordon]

okay you win. leave it alone now

[linsook]

We should ban airliners as well then? They crash and cause significant damage to others?

This was an accident. They happen.

 

when do passenger planes do loops over a busy highway at sub 30000 feet?  let me know which flight you go on so i can experience the thrill.

[Polonium]

Not sure I said they did? Did I?

I said this was an accident in the same sense that when an airliner crashes and causes damage to other people not directly involved with the flight is an accident. 

If you are after a thrill on a passenger jet though, may I suggest Turkish Airlines - those pilots must be taught to point the planes directly at the ground for landing as the 4 flights I've just recently been on all had the worst landings I've ever been involved in. Not quite loops over highways but it's the best I got.

[Crisp]

 

when do passenger planes do loops over a busy highway at sub 30000 feet?  let me know which flight you go on so i can experience the thrill.

A jumbo cannot do a loop, at least it's never been attempted. I believe only a barrel roll has been done while empty.

If we must compare, we should ban motorsport too then by that logic? That's killed people in crowds before and is an act of display.
This was just an accident and air shows don't need to be banned.

A small plane crashed a few weeks back at an airport 2 minutes from my house containing bin ladens family, we don't need to ban private planes either.

[linsook]

Not sure I said they did? Did I?

I said this was an accident in the same sense that when an airliner crashes and causes damage to other people not directly involved with the flight is an accident. 

If you are after a thrill on a passenger jet though, may I suggest Turkish Airlines - those pilots must be taught to point the planes directly at the ground for landing as the 4 flights I've just recently been on all had the worst landings I've ever been involved in. Not quite loops over highways but it's the best I got.

 

 

A jumbo cannot do a loop, at least it's never been attempted. I believe only a barrel roll has been done while empty.

If we must compare, we should ban motorsport too then by that logic? That's killed people in crowds before and is an act of display.
This was just an accident and air shows don't need to be banned.

A small plane crashed a few weeks back at an airport 2 minutes from my house containing bin ladens family, we don't need to ban private planes either.

 

i dont think i was the one doing the comparison or asking for a ban.  

accidents do happen, we can all agree on that.  minimizing tragedies, faults and loss of life should be paramount when activities with a high percentages of death happens should something go awry.  doing a stunt over a busy motor way doesn't make much sense, in my opinion and organizers should have had that foresight.  with regards to motorsport, see engine restrictions for f1.  

[Polonium]

It wasn't a motorway. It's an A road and of course it was going to be busy, there was an airshow on and traffic restrictions.

You can't completely avoid these things.

[MikeChipshop Member]

It seems this is becoming more and more common lately. Or is it just that I pay more attention now?

[adrynalyne]

It seems this is becoming more and more common lately. Or is it just that I pay more attention now?

As years have passed, the media is able to get the information out globally easily

Edited August 24, 2015 by Jeston

[linsook]

It wasn't a motorway. It's an A road and of course it was going to be busy, there was an airshow on and traffic restrictions.

You can't completely avoid these things.

 you cant avoid a road?  theres no airfields around?

[MikeChipshop Member]

I'm thinking I just didn't know about crashes before because I was an lot younger and that sort of information probably got filtered before it got to me.

[Polonium]

Airfields are small, very small. These planes need far more room to perform than over an airfield.

[Ben Gordon]

As years have passed, the media is able to get the information out globally easily.

You asked for it by calling it a stunt plane.

LOL

[linsook]

Airfields are small, very small. These planes need far more room to perform than over an airfield.

.... i suppose its unavoidable then.

[adrynalyne]

I'm thinking I just didn't know about crashes before because I was an lot younger and that sort of information probably got filtered before it got to me.

Possibly. Seems like I've been hearing about this for the last 20 years. I never paid attention before.

[MikeChipshop Member]

Airfields are small, very small. These planes need far more room to perform than over an airfield.

Oddly enough, the air shows in the UK that are at costal towns, normally have the planes perform over the sea.

[adrynalyne]

.... i suppose its unavoidable then.

Ground all planes and disable all motor vehicles.

Its avoidable then.