Red Arrow jet crashes at U.K. air festival

[C]

Investigators say the incident may be the result of a bird strike

Source.

Potentially could be. That's one of the bigger dangers of single engine jets, particularly near coastal locations, where the birds tend to be bigger.

[expat]

Investigators say the incident may be the result of a bird strike

Source.

He would not be the first to have bird in the engine and have bird shatter the canopy and enter the cockpit or even

[C]

That said, if it is a birdstrike, it's relatively (in the circumstances, and no consolation to family and friends) good news, as it's a known risk as opposed to a technical failure of some description.

[expat]

That said, if it is a birdstrike, it's relatively (in the circumstances, and no consolation to family and friends) good news, as it's a known risk as opposed to a technical failure of some description.

The engineer in me wanted to say exactly that. However being ex-serviceman and having worked on aircraft for the last 24 years, my viewpoint does not always sit with what people want to hear at such times as this, so I keep my mouth closed.

Matt

[Craig.]

I've said from the very start I would expect the outcome to be a birdstrike. It's a shame that its happend, and it seems like the pilots made the ultimate sacrifice to save others.
The question would be, what radio traffic was passed between red 4 and the team from point of failure to the crash.

[C]

The question would be, what radio traffic was passed between red 4 and the team from point of failure to the crash.

It'll all be on tape. I suspect very little, if any.

[Craig.]

I dont expect there will be much either. but I'd be surprised if he wasn't able to get something out. Then again if this has happend a few hundred feet up, I doubt his first thoughts were to hit the mic button, if he's worried about getting away from other people.

[machineman9]

That's some bad news to come back home to 

Just... Wow. That is some bad news.

[hyperpep111]

Well. This is not a lucky year for aviation