RAF pilot killed as Red Arrow plane plummets

21/08/11 09:44 CET

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A pilot flying one of Britain’s famous Red Arrow aircraft has died following a crash after a demonstration.

Jon Egging, 33, had been putting on a display in Dorset on the south coast of England.

He is being hailed a hero because he steered the plunging plane away from houses, instead crashing into an empty field.

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