Newton’s 1st law applies at airshows – i.e. it’s pretty obvious that if something goes wrong with your aircraft when you’re on a trajectory that takes you toward the crowd, and if you then can’t change that trajectory, then you’re likely to do some terrible damage.
Now don’t get me wrong because I too love air shows but, by way of analogy, when you take your kids to the circus one hopes that the lions are displayed by the lion-tamer, but one similarly expects that this is done behind bars, such that should a lion have a ‘problem’ it can’t then escape and bite the audience (i.e. it's thrilling to watch but also safe).
However in this instance these people went out with their families to see what should be an exhilarating (and safe) spectacle, and yet end up getting maimed, crippled and killed - let's hope that this is properly investigated and that action is taken to prevent its like again.
Traggic - RIP
