The Telegraph: Eurofighter pilot attempting loop-the-loop in front of his parents and girlfriend dies after crashing into sea
This is the terrible moment that a fighter pilot lost his life after crashing his Eurofighter into the sea during an air show off the coast of Italy.
Capt Gabriele Orlandi, 36, was attempting to perform a loop-the-loop in his 85million euro Eurofighter Typhoon when he apparently misjudged the manoeuvre and smashed into the water, a few hundred yards from the coast.
The Italian air force pilot was performing the stunt in front of a large crowd that included his girlfriend and his parents at the air show in Terracina, south of Rome.
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Update #1: Italian pilot is killed as he fails to eject before his Typhoon jet crashes into the sea during airshow in front of stunned spectators (Daily Mail)
Update #2: Eurofighter jet plunges into sea at Italian air show, killing pilot (VIDEO) (RT)
WNU Editor: Our prayers are with the family and loved ones.
3 comments:
Poor guy. His gf and parents must be completely devastated. He probably noticed he was going to deep but tried/hoped to recover his plane, especially with so many people watching. Can we have an automatic ejection system that knows (faster and more reliably than the pilot can know) when an aircraft is no longer recoverable? Would be so much more fun if the pilot were still alive and could tell the story over breakfast with his family. Rip
I agree Anon.
And in front of loved ones .... no one deserves that.
Horrible thing to have happen. And under those circumstances. By the time he realized he was too low AGL there was no time to eject.
My prayers for the loved ones.
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