Police are still waiting to question the pilot of a vintage jet that crashed during the Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 men.
Andrew Hill, known as Andy, was left fighting for his life after the Hawker Hunter plane he was flying failed to pull out of a loop-the-loop stunt and plummeted on to the A27 on August 22 next to Shoreham Airport.
He was released from an undisclosed specialist hospital earlier this month but has yet to be questioned by investigators.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "We have not interviewed the pilot yet, but are looking to do so as soon as possible."
An interim report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch found "no abnormal indications" during the Hawker Hunter flight.
Investigators also said cockpit cameras showed the 1950s jet "appeared to be responding to the pilot's control inputs".
The report stated the former British Airways pilot was 200ft above sea level when he attempted the aerobatic manoeuvre in the 1950s jet. It highlighted his license only permitted him to perform stunts at a minimum height of 500ft.
The victims who died were: wedding chauffeur Maurice Abrahams, 76, from Brighton; retired engineer James Graham Mallinson, 72, from Newick, near Lewes; window cleaner and general builder Mark Trussler, 54, from Worthing; cycling friends Dylan Archer, 42, from Brighton, and Richard Smith, 26, from Hove; NHS manager Tony Brightwell, 53, from Hove; grandfather Mark Reeves, 53, from Seaford; Worthing United footballers Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, both 23; personal trainer Matt Jones, 24; and Daniele Polito, 23, from Worthing.
The inquest into their deaths was opened and adjourned this month by West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield. A pre-inquest review will take place on March 22.
Tributes left at the so-called "Bridge of Flowers" over the River Adur are to be preserved in a community archive, West Sussex County Council said.
Source: http://www.theargus.co.uk
Hawker Hunter (G-BXFI), crashed onto public road during air display, near Shoreham Airport, August 22, 2015.
Summary: The AAIB was notified of the accident at 1235 hrs on Saturday 22 August 2015 and immediately initiated a Field Investigation. The aircraft was taking part in an air display at Shoreham Airport during which it conducted a manoeuvre with both a vertical and rolling component, at the apex of which it was inverted. Following the subsequent descent, the aircraft did not achieve level flight before it struck the westbound carriageway of the A27.
This Special Bulletin is published to provide preliminary information gathered from ground inspection, radar data, recorded images and other sources.
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