Still Another Airshow Mishap
Crashes & mishaps at both civilian and military airshows seem routine.
However, airshows are so popular that poor safety records don't diminish their scheduling.
The statistical probability is high that this L-39 crash was pilot error.
Even the military professionals have a hard time with airshows -- witness the USAF ThunderBirds September 2003 F-16 crash during an attempted loop {...pilot confused MSL and AGL altitudes}. Remember the Italian team's mishap at Ramstein AB Germany in the late 80's.
Wonder what the overall historical mishap rate is per actual 'airshow' hours flown worldwide ? Very high, IMO ... but those stats are not calculated anywhere.