In August 2015, a vintage Hawker Hunter jet performing at the Shoreham Airshow failed to complete a loop-the-loop manoeuvre — crashing onto the busy A27 below. Eleven innocent people were killed, and sixteen more were injured in one of the UK’s worst airshow disasters. In this episode, we explore how a day of family entertainment turned into chaos and carnage, the investigation that followed, and the controversial trial that raised serious questions about accountability and aviation safety.

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