The pilot who crashed his plane at Shoreham, killing 11 people, is being investigated by detectives over possible manslaughter by gross negligence.

Andrew Hill, 52, from Hertfordshire, was flying a vintage Hawker Hunter fighter-bomber when it crashed onto the A27 in West Sussex on August 22 last year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/12136785/Shoreham-crash-pilot-Andy-Hill-was-involved-in-another-air-incident-a-year-earlier.html

 

The pilot in the Shoreham Air Show crash that killed 11 people was involved in another aviation incident a year before the disaster, it has been claimed.

Andy Hill, 51, was deemed to be flying too low and too close to the crowd at Southport, Merseyside, in 2014, the air show flight director told ITV News.

David Walton, who was responsible for the safety of the show, told the programme the display was terminated and a stop call was immediately issued. Mr Hill was "debriefed" and was said to have agreed to change his display for the following day.

 

Mr Walton told ITV News: "During the display by a Jet Provost T5 at the Southport Airshow on 20 September 2014, the aircraft was observed to be inside the lateral separation minima for the event and also below the minimum height stipulated in the Article 162 Permission issued by the CAA.

"A 'stop' call was immediately issued by the Flying Display Director (FDD) on the display radio frequency and the flying display was terminated.

"The Flying Control Committee (FCC) had also witnessed the event and agreed with the course of action.

"The pilot was debriefed, initially on the telephone and later in person, and agreed to amend his display for the Sunday display."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/12136785/Shoreham-crash-pilot-Andy-Hill-was-involved-in-another-air-incident-a-year-earlier.html

 

If you read up on the Jet Provost T5 incident people in the crowd thought he was going to crash and in both incidents he deviated from the planned show.

2 hours ago, Badrabbit said:

Is the Jet that passed low over Chasing the same Jet that crashed?

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No. It was about the same time.

Thought so, dangerous or not it was an amazing site and sound!!

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