[eye30]

Don't know whether this should be here or in the Plane bit - virtuual view point.

An RAF Red Arrows pilot has died when his plane crashed following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival in Dorset.

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

Link to spectators vid:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14603644

[Shambles]

Terrible news. So young...

[bumpkin]

Indeed, terrible news, the pilot showed absolute selfless heroism in not ejecting to safety in the knowledge that his stricken craft would have crashed into a built up area, he stuck with her and saved a scene of devastation.

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[Dazzler]

I wonder what happened to cause that?  .. the news over here was dominated (on the ABC anyway) this weekend by the death of 3 guys from one of their highly respected news crews who went down in a helicopter crash in the out back...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-18/abc-helicopter-crashes-at-lake-eyre/2845962

 

[AlanHo]

The BBC News reports there is evidence in the wreckage of a bird strike and consequential sudden loss of power.

[bumpkin]

Alan thanks for that, I had not yet been to BBC this morning (too busy fighting with Vodafone )