Red Arrow crashes.

[B Huey]

Just reported on Sky that one of the Red Arrows has gone down near Bournemouth, I only saw them a couple of weeks back over Swanage Bay.

I hope the pilot is OK.

[GarryA]

Didnt they have a 'do' just the other week? Emergency landing after bird strike?

[jonny142]

BBC said its close to Castlepoint Shopping centre..and have told to stop filming?

[nobodyknows]

Have a friend there, she's not sure if pilot is OK yet.

[mrmr96]

Oh, st! Hope the pilot got out ok and that the debris didn't hit anyone or anything important.

[mrmr96]

Story stub:
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16053735

[jonny142]

Guy on UKAR(uk airshow review forum site) just wrote ...
Saw it happen , did a flypast at the airport and one just sank below the horizon
Merlin was in the air and attended , now coastguard and police choppers up. Bournemouth airport closed.
Sirens everywhere...

[y2blade]

Fiona Harris
Breaking news on the BBC - one of the #RedArrows has crashed at the Bournemouth airshow - hope the pilot ejected and no one hurt on ground

[Stu R]

Hope the pilot got out OK. They're not having the best of luck of late are they?

[WestYorkie]

mrmr96 said:

Oh, st! Hope the pilot got out ok and that the debris didn't hit anyone or anything important.

Ditto.

[anonymous-user]

fk!!!!!

I was there yesterday and they flew over my house today. Thoughts go to everyone concerned

[thatone1967]

Watched then at Eastbourne last weekend, am still think they are great, hope this pans out ok!

[y2blade]

@BBCBreaking #redarrows -Pilot ejected/landed in river..being airlifted to Hospital.crash site at back of Bournemouth Airport

[BonzoG]

Sky news reporting pilot dragged from a river by eyewitnesses. Here's hoping he banged out OK.

[Mini1275]

Fingers crossed .

[jonny142]

Just read this quote on a BBC site..

"Shaun Spencer-Perkins, who witnessed the crash from Throop Mill, said: "I heard a rushing sound and I saw a plane about 15m above the ground racing across the fields.

"It impacted and bounced across the field, made it across the river.

"Members of the public jumped into the water to search for the cockpit.

"We waved down the helicopter, I took off my son's orange jacket and my wife's red jumper to get the attention of the helicopter."

[thatone1967]

y2blade said:

@BBCBreaking #redarrows -Pilot ejected/landed in river..being airlifted to Hospital.crash site at back of Bournemouth Airport

Hope that this proves to be the case.

[thatone1967]

just watching the BBC News, they are talking to a plane spotter at Bournemouth, he is really do plane spotters no favours!

(edited to please the spelling Police)

Edited by thatone1967 on Saturday 20th August 15:28

[Eric Mc]

thatone1967 said:

he is really do plane spotter no favours!

Is that sentence doing the English language any favours?

[lloyd h]

Just heard that it was a fatality :-(