The pilot responsible for the death of 11 people, and injuring 16 others, in the Shoreham air crash is seeking the renewal of his pilot’s licence.
The Shoreham crash was deadliest air show accident in the United Kingdom since the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash that killed 31 people. Andrew Hill has made an application to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The air disaster occurred on August 22th 2015 when Hill attempted a loop manoeuvre 200ft above the Shoreham airshow in West Sussex. His vintage jet broke into four parts as it crashed on the A27, destroying eight vehicles.
Son of retired engineer Graham, 72, Anthony Mallinson, whose dad died when the plane crashed, said: “You’d think, out of respect for all of our loved ones lost he would just let this one go now and just draw a line under it. We’re trying to draw a line under it.
“Why is he still continuing to put us through this stress and worry?
“To try and want to fly, knowing how the world sees him as a pilot and what happened, you’d think he’d want to go away into a corner and not be heard of.
“We were shocked but we weren’t entirely surprised either, knowing the character that he is.
“He shouldn’t be anywhere near a cockpit.”
