Police fear UK airshow death toll could reach 20
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The death toll after a vintage fighter jet ploughed into a busy road in southern England while performing an acrobatics display could approach 20, police said yesterday.
The Hawker Hunter plane, of a type developed by Britain in the 1950s, struck several cars on Saturday on the major road next to Shoreham airport near Brighton, where the show was taking place.
The crash was the third — and by far the most deadly — at the event since 2007.
Police said on Sunday they feared 11 people had died. A senior officer said that figure was likely to rise as police gained access to more areas of the accident scene.
“It’s too early to tell but I’d be surprised if (the death toll) doesn’t go above 11,” Sussex Police Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry told BBC. “If it would be below 20 then that would be probably the best estimate that I could give you at this stage.”
In 2007, a pilot was killed at Shoreham after his World War II Hurricane aircraft crashed just north of the same road and three years later a stunt glider pilot survived a crash there.
Amateur video footage of the crash showed two big explosions after the jet hit the ground.
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