Spanish air show crash

[Jimbuna]

Most tragic...the pilot died soon after :nope:


A pilot has died after the historic jet he was flying at an airshow in Spain today plunged into a building and exploded in a huge fireball in front of horrified spectators.

A spokesman for the country's Defense Ministry said the pilot, Ladislao Tejedor Romero, died of his injuries in the serious burns unit of Getafe Hopsital in Madrid.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319845/Madrid-air-plane-crash-Horror-thousands-watch-historic-jet-plunge-ground-explode-killing-pilot.html

[Herr-Berbunch]

Always sad when a pilot dies, and the loss of any historic aircraft.

Edited - probably not the right time.

[ninja turtle]

Sympathies go out to his family :(

[Oberon]

Aye, it's nasty alright, poor guy. Must have been in agony from the burns. The guys father was one of the first guys on the scene to try and rescue the pilot from the wreckage.

[Jimbuna]

Always sad when a pilot dies, and the loss of any historic aircraft.

Edited - probably not the right time.

No harm no foul...a nasty business :nope:

[Skybird]

Cannot say I like such airshows. Risks of that level - flying over crowds, often with risky stunts - should be left to necessities in real life (rescue operations, emergencies leaving no alternmatives, air combat), not being taken and carried out for fun.

If you want to expose yourself to such risks as a daring pilot - okay, you have the right. But take the hell bloody care you do not doom others, accidentally or intentionally. Never has there ever been an crash at an airshow where the crash was wanted, or demanded by the crowds. So...

He who flies close to the limits, asks for trouble the louder the closer to the limits he flies. Stupid to do so without good reasons that justify the risk.

And do not tell me that flightpaths are such that they do not aim at crowds on the ground, but run parallel. Technical problems or pilot disorientation could still make the hydraulics fail or a false steering input by the pilot changing the plane's heading - with just a second or two as error margins.

[eddie]

A sad and tragic event. They should do less in their flybys, those old aircraft can't take the stress like they used to when they were new.

[Hartmann]

Very sad

I´m agree with this.

Old aircrafts despite that there are in good flight condition can have more engine and structural failures compared with modern machines in the same state of maintenance.

Another view of the crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02yXwvAcVws

[HW3]

It looks to me like it was pilot error. It appears he was too low for the maneuver he was trying to perform. Prayers for the family.

:subsim:

[Mork_417]

Sad. RIP