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Pictures of the a Hawker Hunter T Mk7 crash intp automobiles on the A27 highway during the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex on Saturday, August 22, 2015. The aircraft was performing its routine and did a loop, but could not pull out before crashing.

Up to twenty people on the highway and nearby are reported to have died, although, miraculously, the jet's pilot, Andrew Hill, survived the crash and remained in critical condition in a chemically induced coma. It's not iclear whether Hill used his ejector seat, but the video clearly does not show him ejecting at any time before ther crash. YThe one picture of the crash on the ground shows the canopy canted to the left and what could be evidence of an ejection to the left.

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Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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Pictures of the a Hawker Hunter T Mk7 crash intp automobiles on the A27 highway during the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex on Saturday, August 22, 2015. The aircraft was performing its routine and did a loop, but could not pull out before crashing.

Up to twenty people on the highway and nearby are reported to have died, although, miraculously, the jet's pilot, Andrew Hill, survived the crash and remained in critical condition in a chemically induced coma. It's not iclear whether Hill used his ejector seat, but the video clearly does not show him ejecting at any time before ther crash. YThe one picture of the crash on the ground shows the canopy canted to the left and what could be evidence of an ejection to the left.

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Here's the video:

 
Jeff Head

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A couple of more videos of that horrific crash in the UK at the Airshow:



Simply amazing that the pilot survived the crash..
 
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The Telegraph said:
RAF Typhoon fighters have scrambled to intercept Russian long-range bombers flying north of the UK.

The incident on Thursday saw jets from RAF Lossiemouth called to the 'Blackjack' bombers flying in international airspace near the UK.

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Sqn Ldr Jim Calvert of II (AC) Squadron, who flew one of the two intercepting Typhoons, said: "Given the Royal Air Force’s enduring commitment to secure the UK’s skies, yesterday’s sortie once again proved Typhoon’s capability to successfully scramble and intercept Russian long-range aviation.

"Protecting our skies is especially poignant in this 75th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain. Working together with ground-based radar and air-to-air refuelling aircraft today’s RAF continues to come together as a team to protect our country."

Voyager air-to-air tankers were launched from RAF Brize Norton during the scramble to refuel the Typhoons.

The Tupolev Tu-160 long range strategic bomber is known by the Nato codename of Blackjack, but is known to its pilots as White Swan.

The supersonic bomber is the largest combat aircraft in the world. It was the last strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union and entered service in 1987.

It can carry both nuclear and conventional weapons including long-range missiles.
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