Red Arrows crash in Crete
A Red Arrows pilot has been taken to hospital after a mid-air crash between two display planes during a training exercise in Crete. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8583263.stm Luckily both pilots have survived, one being able to land himself, the other had to eject with the aircraft landing on the airfield.
It is one of those things. A
It is one of those things. A training accident and I just hope there is not going to be a knee jerk reaction to the accident.
As an old friend of mine said....you are going to lose a few!
It doesn't look like there
It doesn't look like there will be any knee jerk reactions. The MOD have said there will be a full investigation and that training for the team will resume as soon as possible.
The article about it is here: http://www.flightcrewfinder.com/news/red-arrows-crash-lands-one-hospital
The BBC have released a
The BBC have released a mobile phone video on which you can just make out the accident. Watch it at the following link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8586114.stm