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Offline QD MBE

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Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« 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
« Last Edit: August 20, 2011, 04:19:05 pm by QD »
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2011, 04:36:54 pm »
Grim news.
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2011, 04:55:46 pm »
Not good. Saw them just last Sunday at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #3 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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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2011, 05:40:12 pm »
Ouch!
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2011, 05:43:07 pm »
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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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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #6 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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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2011, 07:28:16 pm »
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #8 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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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2011, 08:01:06 pm »

Very sad :(  R.I.P
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2011, 08:20:51 pm »
Very sad, why didn't he eject.
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2011, 09:01:40 pm »
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #12 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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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: Red arrow crashes at Bournemouth.
« Reply #14 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:
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