Two planes were performing at close proximity at the CarFest festival held in support of BBC Children in Need at Oulton Park and one of them failed to pull up and crashed killing the pilot.
A display plane crashed while performing acrobatics during a car and music festival in northwest England on Saturday, killing the aircraft's pilot.
The plane went down during CarFest festival founded by TV presenter Chris Evans at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Witnesses said two planes performed a close-proximity pass just before the crash, but one of the aircraft failed to pull up and crashed north of the circuit. Kevin Whyman was flying a Folland Gnat aircraft that came down near the event held in support of BBC Children in Need charity at Oulton Park on Saturday afternoon.
BBC presenter Evans, CarFest's founder, confirmed the death and said the pilot's family had been informed. Evans, who appeared tearful when delivering a statement, said the display pilot had been killed in a "tragic accident". The Heritage Aircraft Trust, operator of the Gnat Display Team, said in a statement: "Kevin was a Royal Air Force-trained fast jet pilot whose enthusiasm for flying the Folland Gnat was infectious. "He will be greatly missed by his family, the team and many friends. Kevin leaves a wife and young daughter." Evans said a more comprehensive statement would be issued with a further statement on Sunday "when we know more".
"The event will continue on the advice of the three aviation authorities we are currently involved with as part of the ongoing investigation to what happened. And the police have also advised us that the best thing, and the safest thing to do, is to carry on with the event, bearing in mind there are 10,000 children here and that's what we are going to do," he said. Cheshire Police said in a statement that the plane was performing in the event at the time of the crash. "Sadly, the pilot of the plane has died at the scene.
There are no reports of any other injuries," the statement said. It added that police were talking to all of those involved to try to establish what had happened.
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