Tracy Stevens, 38, of Shoreham, West Sussex, who attended a church service for the victims of the crash on Sunday morning, said her son knew Grimstone and Schilt.
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The pilot, namely Andy Hill, is fighting for his life at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, reports quoting police said.
Seven people are known to have died when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into the A27 at the Sussex Pad lights at 1.20pm yesterday. Witnesses told local TV that the jet appeared to have crashed when it failed to pull out of a loop maneuver.
Giovanna Chirico says her boyfriend Mark Trussler was riding his black motorbike on the A27 at the time of yesterday’s crash. “These were two great young lads who have been taken from us far too soon”. “A lot of specially-trained officers are sifting, as we speak, so we do need to keep an open mind but from what we have seen at this stage it is possible that we will find more fatalities”.
One of those injured was released from hospital earlier.
The death toll from the Shoreham air crash where a vintage jet plummeted into traffic on a main trunk road is thought to have risen to 11, police have said.
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Police have put up a large cordon surrounding the crash site as air crash investigators continue their work. Debris was visible across the road.
“The emergency services are responding”, said Shoreham Airshow on its Twitter account.
Onlookers described seeing the aircraft flying low to the ground followed by a “huge ball of fire”.
“We were waiting for it to go back up and it didn’t – it seemed to kind of split in two”, she said.
“Within seconds we were thinking, ‘gosh, that plane is going rather low”.
Police previously said at least seven people had died when the Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27. Shoreham Airshow cancelled its event, which was due to run into Sunday.
Nick Bunting, secretary general of the Royal Air Forces Association, also spoke at the press conference.
“We are working closely with all of the organisers involved and the agencies therein”.
Deadly accidents have marred a number of air shows in the past month. As I hope you will appreciate this is an intricate and hard process and I am sure you will understand that the A27 will remain closed until this search and the investigation have concluded. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected”.
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In 2007, a pilot was killed when he attempted an unplanned barrel roll in a World War II plane while re-enacting the Battle of Britain.
