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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: QD MBE on August 20, 2011, 04:17:07 pm

Title: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
Post by: QD MBE on August 20, 2011, 04:17:07 pm: Red Arrow crashes at Bournemouth. No further news on casualties.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900)
Title: Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
Post by: Hedge on August 20, 2011, 04:36:54 pm: Grim news.
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Post by: Weston on August 20, 2011, 04:55:46 pm: Not good. Saw them just last Sunday at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta
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Post by: rdfcpete on August 20, 2011, 05:27:21 pm: :sad1: Bad news. I hope the pilot and anyone else affected survives with minimal injuries.
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Post by: rich83 on August 20, 2011, 05:40:12 pm: Ouch!
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Post by: RedRobin on August 20, 2011, 05:43:07 pm: .
Quote: "One of the local farmers said they'd seen rescue teams pulling the pilot out of the river."

Does that suggest he survived (so far)?
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Post by: golf nutter on August 20, 2011, 05:50:45 pm: i just read this on yahoo. they are based at RAF Scampton, literally a couple of miles from me. this sort of thing just doesn't happen to them...fingers x'd everyone ok.
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Post by: Hedge on August 20, 2011, 07:28:16 pm: http://www.bournemouthair.co.uk/

Very sad.
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Post by: cmdrfire on August 20, 2011, 07:58:23 pm: BBC's just said the MoD's confirmed the pilot was killed in the incident :sad1:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900
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Post by: Tfsi_Mike on August 20, 2011, 08:01:06 pm: Very sad :( R.I.P
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Post by: rich83 on August 20, 2011, 08:20:51 pm: Very sad, why didn't he eject.
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Post by: MAT ED30 on August 20, 2011, 09:01:40 pm: :sad1:
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Post by: andrewparker on August 20, 2011, 09:14:06 pm: The crash footage is bizarre - it almost looks to just fall out the sky...
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Post by: cmdrfire on August 20, 2011, 09:15:00 pm: Quote from: richwig83 on August 20, 2011, 08:20:51 pm
Very sad, why didn't he eject.

Possibly he was too low. Ejection seats are only effective above a certain altitude. There may be other factors we don't know about. Or, he may have been trying to regain control of the aircraft. All speculation at this point.
Title: Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
Post by: Hedge on August 20, 2011, 09:21:40 pm: Quote from: richwig83 on August 20, 2011, 08:20:51 pm
Very sad, why didn't he eject.

My guess is he was trying to steer it away from houses or a built up area. :sad1:
Title: Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
Post by: gillm on August 20, 2011, 09:33:54 pm: Quote from: Hedge on August 20, 2011, 09:21:40 pm
Quote from: richwig83 on August 20, 2011, 08:20:51 pm
Very sad, why didn't he eject.

My guess is he was trying to steer it away from houses or a built up area. :sad1:

I agree with the above , very brave and honourable ! I was out fishing today and the did a very low fly past where we were which was cool but later they came back and one was missing but never thought that anything like that would happen rip
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Post by: JPC on August 20, 2011, 09:35:03 pm: My guess is he passed out or something similar.

Apparently the ground crew knew something wasnt right and asked the bbc film crew to turn the cameras off

I'm truely gutted, these guys (and girl) are my heros. I only saw them a few weeks ago :(
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Post by: Hedge on August 20, 2011, 10:14:45 pm: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8713429/Red-Arrows-pilot-killed-in-crash.html

:sad1:
Title: Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
Post by: Hedge on August 25, 2011, 02:50:08 pm: However.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14666350
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Post by: B3n on August 27, 2011, 11:27:38 am: Looks like they are aiming to re commence flying with a 8 ship display
http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/index.cfm?storyid=0FE1BF62-5056-A318-A86C0CBA2B62C50E (http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/index.cfm?storyid=0FE1BF62-5056-A318-A86C0CBA2B62C50E)
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Post by: Tfsi_Mike on August 27, 2011, 03:17:51 pm: Were they due to display yesterday at an airshow?
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Post by: B3n on August 27, 2011, 03:53:19 pm: Not display yesterday, they were due to fly their Jets back to Scampton yesterday from Bournemouth where they have been since the accident but this was postponed due to the weather so they flew back today around 12.30ish :happy2:. Apparently they are to resume practice on Tue :drinking: