Red Arrows Crashes in Bournmouth

[DoogyRev]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900

 

Nothing confirmed of the Pilot..... I hope he got out

[DoogyRev]

looks like the pilot did not make it

 

I have always been mesmerised by the shows they put on and the skill of the Pilots... R.I.P

[AK350Z]

I thought that when I heard the report, It's usually pretty obvious if the pilot banged out in time.

[manphibian]

Pretty strange

[Sarnie]

[garetgax]

Truly awful, heart goes out to his family and friends.Sounds like power plant or control system failure very much doubt it was pilot error bit strange he didnt bang out asume he was still trying to get control of the aircraft or keeping it away from people on the ground. either way RIP brave bloke.

[SwanageDave]

We saw them today as they buzzed our school, bloody Awesome bunch of guy's, R.I.P Red 4, He even left Ejecting till he had cleared the houses but sadly too late. What a true Hero

[DannyBoy]

Damn, that's a shocker. Thoughts with his family and the rest of the team; goes to show how dangerous flying is, even without anyone shooting at you.

 

On the cause; Hawks have really good glide ratios for a jet, so a flameout would leave enough time to eject. I'd bet on a hydraulics failure leading to loss of control, pretty much nothing the pilot could have done about that, no matter how good he was, and that really sucks.

 

R.I.P Flt Lt Egging

[magic84]

they were buzzing my house last weekend for a show there amazing, r.i.p

[geoff-r]

RIP to the guy, true hero putting himself before others by making sure he cleared the houses! Thoughts to his family.