A British courtroom has been showed footage from the final moments of what has become known as the ‘Shoreham Airshow disaster' which left 11 people, all men, dead on a hot August afternoon in 2015.
The pilot, who stands accused of 11 charges of manslaughter, was performing a stunt known as a 'Derry roll' — which is essentially a giant loop manoeuvre — when his aircraft slammed into the A27 motorway below, imploding into a fireball.
Jurors were shown, for the first time, footage from the pilot's cockpit which recorded the moments leading up to the fatal incident. The pilot, Andrew Hill, miraculously escaped unscathed.
The crash is alleged to have been caused by pilot error.
Although the unfolding trial against Mr. Hill has consumed British news outlets, Shoreham was hardly the first, and will definitely not be the last, great aircraft tragedy of our time.
Major Global Air Disasters
2018