Video footage has emerged which purportedly shows the moment a plane crashed at the Shoreham air show in Sussex.Amateur video uploaded to YouTube by Ray Kemp shows a plane performing a loop-the-loop in the air.
As it completes the stunt, it nears the ground and disappears from view behind a line of houses, before a large fireball and dark clouds of smoke erupt from ground level.
The person recording the footage is heard saying “oh dear” repeatedly in shock at the scenes unfolding.
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Seven people were killed in the accident in which the single-seater plane, believed to be a Hawker Hunter fighter jet, came down on a road and reportedly hit several vehicles.
Witness Rhys-Christian, 24, says he heard a “massive impact” from a friend’s garden just 500m from the impact site.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the A27, which has been closed in both directions. The Shoreham Air Show area has been evacuated.