Deadly accident in England forces restrictions on aerial displays.
It was a tough weekend for airshows in Europe, ending with multiple fatalities of not only airshow pilots but also unsuspecting bystanders. At the Shoreham Airport in southeastern England, a Hawker Hunter, a vintage warbird jet developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, crashed in a massive fireball into the busy A27 freeway, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than a dozen, according to several news reports.
Based on video footage from the accident, it appears that the pilot was unable to recover from a low-level, loop-like maneuver.
