fighter jet smashed into traffic on a busy road and burst into flames after failing to pull up from a loop-the-loop stunt during the airshow

              

This is the shocking moment when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet smashed into the A27 in Shoreham during an airshow display on Saturday afternoon.

Seven people were killed on the ground after the former RAF jet, named locally as Andy Hill, crashed into a Daimler wedding limo that was on its way to pick up a bride and groom around 1.30pm. 

Miraculously, the pilot was pulled from the flaming wreckage of his jet and flown by air ambulance to hospital. He is currently in a critical condition in hospital.

South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed that seven people died in the crash, 14 were injured, with four of them taken to hospital. 

Footage has emerged showing the single-seater 1950s jet hurtling towards the ground before it exploded into a massive ball of flames and smoke.

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Superintendent Jane Derrick, from Sussex Police, said that at least seven people died at the scene. All of those who died are believed to have died on the A27 between Worthing and Brighton.

A specialist team of officers are continuing to search the scene of the accident to ensure that they have identified all of the victims. 

She said she feared that it is possible that they have not yet recovered all of the bodies and the death toll could possibly increase as they continue to search the area.

Witnesses said the A27 was very busy at the time and there were people standing on a green area near the crash site.  

It is the second fatal incident at the Shoreham Airshow in recent years.

In September 2007 James Bond stuntman Brian Brown, 49, died when he crashed a Second World War Hurricane after carrying out an unplanned barrel roll at a re-enactment of the Battle of Britain.