Wingwalker and pilot killed in USA

[Druid]

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/06/24/win...

Edited by Druid on Monday 24th June 22:11

[Monty Zoomer]

Blimey!

There's a video of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zctCuE46VKM&bpc...

[Civpilot]

Seriously guys!!!

That first link has a horrifically graphic photo on it!!

NOT NEEDED HERE!!

[SystemParanoia]

you cant see anythnig but dirt in the photo.. theres nothing graphic about it

the red bits are the fragments of the leading edge of the wing

[Civpilot]

SystemParanoia said:

you cant see anythnig but dirt in the photo.. theres nothing graphic about it

the red bits are the fragments of the leading edge of the wing

If you have the misfortune to see those photos in high res you will understand you are wrong

In one of the shots on the link you can see her face (she is wearing a black and blue jumpsuit).

[SystemParanoia]

i don't believe ill be searching for those sir

[MitchT]

Read about this a few days ago and wondered why it hadn't been mentioned on here. Have avoided all footage and photos. The comments in this thread are sufficiently indicative of what I might have seen had I gone looking. No thanks.

[Civpilot]

SystemParanoia said:

i don't believe ill be searching for those sir

Unfortunately I was emailed the worst one by a 'friend'

but I agree... I wouldn't search them myself and nor would I expect to see them on this site...

[Simpo Two]

I saw the video of it crash and whilst tragic it wasn't offensive and didn't upset me. From life to death in one second is a better fate than many people get.

I wouldn't go zooming in looking for body parts though.

I was more interested to see if I could see what went wrong, but other than perhaps a sudden sidewind I didn't see any clues.

[AeroMad]

Heard about this over the weekend. At least it was quick for the two involved

[Ledaig]

Simpo Two said:

I was more interested to see if I could see what went wrong, but other than perhaps a sudden sidewind I didn't see any clues.

Apart from a big splutter from the exhaust just before it goes inverted - I wouldn't know if this is to be expected from this aircraft.
Could possibly explain a loss of power and sudden urge from the pilot to want to get it back over again?