The death toll after a vintage fighter jet ploughed into a busy road in southern England while performing an acrobatics display could approach 20, police said on Monday, as Britain announced new safety restrictions on airshows.
The Hawker Hunter plane, of a type developed by Britain in the 1950s, struck several cars on Saturday on the major road next to Shoreham airport near Brighton, where the show was taking place.
The crash was the third - and by far the most deadly - at the event since 2007.
Police said on Sunday they feared 11 people had died. A senior officer said that figure was likely to rise as police gained access to more areas of the accident scene.
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I love traveling to Great Britain.I love everything about it EXCEPT for anything mechanical built in Great Britain.They seem to have a problem with reliability when it comes to building anything with an internal combustion engine.Even the Rolls Royce required more than the average amount of tweaking.The Mini Cooper may be an exception.Jaguars are beautiful cars,but they have issues.I'm not 100% sure about the planes built there.
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