Anyone interested to what happened On 6 June 1999, a BAE Hawk 200 aircraft crashed during SIAD '99 air show at M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava (BTS/LZIB: co-ordinates 48°10′12″N, 017°12′46″E). Top British test pilot Graham Wardell was killed in Slovakia after his Aerospace Hawk 200 military jet came down during aerobatics. The plane exploded when its wing hit the ground after failing to pull out of a low turn at a show at the Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport in Bratislava; the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle. ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
Top stuff I was about to rant on myself, the AAIB stated spatial disorientation as the probable cause. Since the event airshow display lines are further from the public and minimum altitude during acrobatic displays as opposed to fly pasts or T&G's is much higher to prevent this sort of event 🕊
Watching how his plane rapidly turned for the few seconds just before hitting the ground I think the pilot may have blacked out from the g pull and came to too late to save himself and the plane. RIP to the pilot.
I was 10 at an airshow in 1970 in south Weymouth naval air station, a guy crashed doing a similar move, I remember I watched and could see it coming, it was a sickening feeling in my gut knowing he had no chance, it's sad to see, RIP🙏
A very sad end of what seems to have been a very interesting show. The Hercules landing was impressive (never seen that myself), Patrouille de France always good, the Turkish F5's (I love that plane), The Mig29, and the line up with a SU27(?) and some Drakens, very nice.
@@davedavids9619 yup 👍, I’m ex British army & I can remember the C130 landings that we made in Split, Yugoslavia whilst the war was ongoing & we would take light arms fire during every landing. When inside a dark, very noisy and uncomfortable place to suddenly feel a steep turn plus some G’s then have everything go lighter than earth only to crash back down n then we would have to run off as the rear ramp was lowered to form an all round defence of the area only to see the aircraft turn around & take off at an extreme angle & fly away. It wouldn’t even of physically stopped at any point. Great days 😁
@@marcs990 I guess you mean Sarajevo. There indeed we had a small hill about 1 nm on final, where they would sit and shoot at us. So that is why we had to stay high and make this steep approach, followed by a short field landing. Since we could not see the shooters that never bothered me too much. What did bother me was sitting on the ramp, literally like a sitting duck and seeing the hill/mountain on the right hand side of the airport in Sarajevo where the Serbs were firing their artillery, which would fly over the airport to the left side of the airport and impact there. The french were in charge of the airport and transport to the city, but it never seemed to bother them a lot. Sitting in a plane full of fuel gives you a strange feeling however. Take off was indeed trying to gain as much altitude as you could prior to crossing the shooters at departure end. Always happy to be in the air again, although that was no guarantee for safety either. Some Spanish colleagues were fired upon with an SA-14 and they ended up with serious damage and several wounded onboard. So it seems you and I were there at roughly the same time ! It is a small world, but as you said, those were great days. Not for the people of Bosnia, but for us it was definitely doing what you were trained for.
Never do a barrel roll in a low level display, it is one of the most dangerous manoeuvres at low level as it is so easy to dish out of as the roll rate slows at the top. Stick to aileron and slow rolls at low level, barrel rolls at least 2 mistakes high.
@@isthatujeebus Wrong, a lot of precision involved, just should have flown higher. That's the problem with air shows, they take chances to please the crowd so that means flying lower than is safe sometimes.
@@mjleger4555 "the fact of being exact and accurate.". Literally the dictionary definition of "precision". Pretty sure crashes don't result from being exact and accurate. In fact, I know they don't.
I've just watched 8 extremelly talented pilots performing an aerial ballet in their little Alphajets , and various interesting aircraft like the big Saabs , and Mig 29s . Then a human being losing his life while displaying the aircraft and entertaining the public , and that's all you've got to say ??? Shame on you sir .
He definitely didn't black out, the way aircraft is changing pitch upwards right up until the crash is indicative of the fact that he was pulling back on the stick all the way to the ground. Blacking out during airshows is extremely unlikely, these are professionals not amateurs, they don't allow themselves such things to happen. The pilots know their limits and the limits of the airplane.
@@floatingchimney And in a properly organised air show the display will have been examined by specialist display pilots in order to ensure that it is both legal and as safe as sensibly possible.
I don't think these guys in airshows should have to do a half hour of high g precision maneuvers constantly. Yeah it's cool and all that but they should limit the time down to an amount that the pilot is not overly stressed for too long a considerable amount of time. Constant G-load and extreme attention to detail and focus with all the stresses constantly on the body does take it's toll. All pilot's know this but accept the risk because their balls are made of stainless steel and to limit themselves to a lesser flight would make them feel less than 100%, not to mention their peers are all in the same boat. High precision close quarters flight is taxing on the body and the mind. I love these guys and think they are the best of the best and to see them die in an airshow is just a damned travesty to the family's the squadrons and the spectators. My 2 cents
Agree with one thing.. yes, these solo displays are often far too long.the idea is to display the aircraft and its manoeuvres, not prove your endurance upside down.
Just one very serious question I wish to pose that comes out of this very sad incident. I watched the whole length of the film and the only words I could think of were, “ who on Earth gave that Mutton Head a camera”?
Nonsense. Planes like the Mig 29 and Su27 were designed to kill innocent civilians during illegal invasions like the one in Ukraine. Planes of all sizes can do aerobatics as a secondary role.
@Renegát vy ste tam boli v tedy pravdepodobne tiež ja som si jedine v poslednéj chvíli stihol všimnúť ze je moc nízko na to aby to zdvihol a keď to spadlo bol to zvláštny pocit v tedy som už nebol na letisku ale na streche garaže u mojej babky a videl som to s ďalekohľadom aj ten oheň bola to ozaj sekunda
@@tonypeacock4507 The aircraft at the beginning of the video for the first 15 minutes or so, are French Alpha Jets of the French aerobatic team "Patrouille de France".... However, the aircraft that crashes at about 32 minutes in (and what the subject of the video is all about) is a single-seat BAe Hawk 200.
its wing hit the ground after failing to pull out of a low turn when the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle. ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
@Concrete Head What has that got to do with anything. Anyone with eyes can read the official accident report. (Incidentally yes, I have a private pilots licence with full instrument rating.)
Plenty of people know how to use a camera, watching a catastrophic event and fatality in front of your face tends to engage parts of the human physiology that don’t give a shit about camera work in the moment
@@bobdylan7120 Thank you Bob. I believe the pilots name was Graham Wardell, aged 45. He was the father of 3 young boys. The woman spectator killed was 35. Very sad.
French Team flying AlphaJets were in the beginning. BAE Hawk has crashed itself at the end. As well I see that it was not problem with low level barrel, but Hawk during barrel end went in descend with too fast rate. Pilot tried to correct its path made typical stall. Weak engine thrust and late or no decision to eject. Rest in Peace.
Yes it’s a BAe Hawk 201RDA , plane piloted by Top British test pilot Graham Wardell 45 Catherine of 4 , known for the icy nerves the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle. ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator and three other people were injured. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
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Anyone interested to what happened
On 6 June 1999, a BAE Hawk 200 aircraft crashed during SIAD '99 air show at M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava (BTS/LZIB: co-ordinates 48°10′12″N, 017°12′46″E). Top British test pilot Graham Wardell was killed in Slovakia after his Aerospace Hawk 200 military jet came down during aerobatics.
The plane exploded when its wing hit the ground after failing to pull out of a low turn at a show at the Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport in Bratislava; the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle.
ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
Many thanks for your report Stevee. It's all very sad. RIP Graham Wardell.
Thanks for this explanation. it's even more sad, when spectators lives are taken, too :(
Top stuff I was about to rant on myself, the AAIB stated spatial disorientation as the probable cause. Since the event airshow display lines are further from the public and minimum altitude during acrobatic displays as opposed to fly pasts or T&G's is much higher to prevent this sort of event 🕊
thanks for posting this .
Watching how his plane rapidly turned for the few seconds just before hitting the ground I think the pilot may have blacked out from the g pull and came to too late to save himself and the plane. RIP to the pilot.
He was too low....
.... you can even see that he pulled on the stick hard and the plane delayed in responding because of it.
Its obvious he just started the loop too low, realised as he came out of it, and was desperately trying to pull up to no avail.
High speed stall
I was 10 at an airshow in 1970 in south Weymouth naval air station, a guy crashed doing a similar move, I remember I watched and could see it coming, it was a sickening feeling in my gut knowing he had no chance, it's sad to see, RIP🙏
They always seem to crash doing a frickin loop at too low of an altitude!
Well that wasn’t a loop it was a barrel roll but why he didn’t abort at the start of the manoeuvre will probably remain unknown
Complacency is the most dangerous aspect of being a demo pilot.
A very sad end of what seems to have been a very interesting show.
The Hercules landing was impressive (never seen that myself), Patrouille de France always good, the Turkish F5's (I love that plane), The Mig29, and the line up with a SU27(?) and some Drakens, very nice.
The Hercules landing is a Khe Sanh landing. Used in the Vietnam war, used to avoid ground fire when landing at Khe Sanh.
It is a standard procedure, which every pilot needs to learn. Called a steep approach and indeed to minimize time spent in a zone of ground fire.
@@davedavids9619 yup 👍, I’m ex British army & I can remember the C130 landings that we made in Split, Yugoslavia whilst the war was ongoing & we would take light arms fire during every landing. When inside a dark, very noisy and uncomfortable place to suddenly feel a steep turn plus some G’s then have everything go lighter than earth only to crash back down n then we would have to run off as the rear ramp was lowered to form an all round defence of the area only to see the aircraft turn around & take off at an extreme angle & fly away. It wouldn’t even of physically stopped at any point. Great days 😁
@@marcs990 I guess you mean Sarajevo. There indeed we had a small hill about 1 nm on final, where they would sit and shoot at us. So that is why we had to stay high and make this steep approach, followed by a short field landing. Since we could not see the shooters that never bothered me too much.
What did bother me was sitting on the ramp, literally like a sitting duck and seeing the hill/mountain on the right hand side of the airport in Sarajevo where the Serbs were firing their artillery, which would fly over the airport to the left side of the airport and impact there. The french were in charge of the airport and transport to the city, but it never seemed to bother them a lot. Sitting in a plane full of fuel gives you a strange feeling however. Take off was indeed trying to gain as much altitude as you could prior to crossing the shooters at departure end. Always happy to be in the air again, although that was no guarantee for safety either. Some Spanish colleagues were fired upon with an SA-14 and they ended up with serious damage and several wounded onboard.
So it seems you and I were there at roughly the same time ! It is a small world, but as you said, those were great days. Not for the people of Bosnia, but for us it was definitely doing what you were trained for.
@@davedavids9619 yup, Sarajevo & Split also
It looked that vertical speed was much higher than horizontal in spite the plane nose was pointing forward. In other words, it fall down like a stone.
i think more british pilots have died in airshows than in combat in the last 60 years
Never do a barrel roll in a low level display, it is one of the most dangerous manoeuvres at low level as it is so easy to dish out of as the roll rate slows at the top. Stick to aileron and slow rolls at low level, barrel rolls at least 2 mistakes high.
Yeah, the manoeuvre was started way to low & he was dead as soon as he started the roll, no way to pull out of that one unfortunately. RIP
You mean loop, not barrel roll. Entirely different maneuvers
Spectacular precision flying, very sad ending -- too low to recover.
So, not much precision involved then? 🤷♂
@@isthatujeebus Wrong, a lot of precision involved, just should have flown higher. That's the problem with air shows, they take chances to please the crowd so that means flying lower than is safe sometimes.
@@mjleger4555 "Taking chances" and "should've flown higher" are at complete odds with "precision flying".
@@isthatujeebus Untrue and inarguable!
@@mjleger4555 "the fact of being exact and accurate.". Literally the dictionary definition of "precision". Pretty sure crashes don't result from being exact and accurate. In fact, I know they don't.
Pilots even nowadays get carried away with their and the aircraft’s capabilities
Shoreham 2015 is an example
Great shots of the pavers and concrete. And that steel fence adds just the right touch!
aw go pound sand
I've just watched 8 extremelly talented pilots performing an aerial ballet in their little Alphajets , and various interesting aircraft like the big Saabs , and Mig 29s . Then a human being losing his life while displaying the aircraft and entertaining the public , and that's all you've got to say ??? Shame on you sir .
He just completed a maneuver flying upside down and I'm wondering if he could have blacked out for a few seconds before descending to his death?
He definitely didn't black out, the way aircraft is changing pitch upwards right up until the crash is indicative of the fact that he was pulling back on the stick all the way to the ground.
Blacking out during airshows is extremely unlikely, these are professionals not amateurs, they don't allow themselves such things to happen. The pilots know their limits and the limits of the airplane.
@@floatingchimney And in a properly organised air show the display will have been examined by specialist display pilots in order to ensure that it is both legal and as safe as sensibly possible.
he wasnt high enough to do the move. miscalculation
Ah, those heady days before steadicam.
In aviation two things prooved to be absolutely useless: RWY behind and ALT above. Sounds simple. Take care.
I don't think these guys in airshows should have to do a half hour of high g precision maneuvers constantly. Yeah it's cool and all that but they should limit the time down to an amount that the pilot is not overly stressed for too long a considerable amount of time. Constant G-load and extreme attention to detail and focus with all the stresses constantly on the body does take it's toll. All pilot's know this but accept the risk because their balls are made of stainless steel and to limit themselves to a lesser flight would make them feel less than 100%, not to mention their peers are all in the same boat. High precision close quarters flight is taxing on the body and the mind. I love these guys and think they are the best of the best and to see them die in an airshow is just a damned travesty to the family's the squadrons and the spectators. My 2 cents
Agree with one thing.. yes, these solo displays are often far too long.the idea is to display the aircraft and its manoeuvres, not prove your endurance upside down.
I concur with your remarks Robert. It very much looks like the poor guy passed out on the pull-out, but was still too low.
Picked that crash up early before the dive saw hesitation in the pull up maybe disorientation or physical issue.
Treat an aircraft like a toy, that's what happens.
Just one very serious question I wish to pose that comes out of this very sad incident. I watched the whole length of the film and the only words I could think of were, “ who on Earth gave that Mutton Head a camera”?
.. ( 31:50 ) .. Plane Does A Steep Climb and Crashes On Its' Descent ..
I’ve always wondered why the. Thunderbirds or Blue Angels don’t use different colored smoke. Looks like a hell of a good air show.
Because their public is color blind!
Ummm, they DO use different color smoke.
The Thunderbirds & Blue Angels are great!!!
32:03 R.I.P tree and pilot
Im pretty shure those are french alpha jets, not bae hawks.
Questi sono gli Alphajet della Patrouille de France, non gli Hawk.
Did manoeuvre to low and couldn't recover may they. Rest in peace
For those who watched it all the aircraft that sadly went in was a Hawk T1
No, it was a Hawk 200... a single seater.
@@garys-617 so they are and I thought my AR was good.
Whats with the 5 mins of filming the ground
Не для этого предназначался самолет, это учебный, для таких задач есть специальные самолеты, боевые, как миг29 су 27 и прочие
Nonsense. Planes like the Mig 29 and Su27 were designed to kill innocent civilians during illegal invasions like the one in Ukraine. Planes of all sizes can do aerobatics as a secondary role.
These aren't Hawks they're Alpha Jets of the french Air Force.
The one that crashed was a hawk. Watch the video
Hawk T1 matey!
Pfffff I became dizzy to look at the screen
Nechápem prečo havaroval. Žeby skapal motor? Stihol sa katapultovať pilot či nie?
I'm sorry , I don't speak Turkish . However , if you are asking about the pilot , no he did not eject . I hope that helps .
ne podle videa zahučel rovnou do země,což značí ,že nevybral,nějaký akrobatický prvek a bohužel na místě zemřel
Albanian air force ?
Tento den si pamatam velmi dobre :-(
@Renegát bol som v tedy mladší nebolo to ze kus črepiny s lietadla ju zasiahol?? Pamätám si ze zomrela žena len som nevedel nič viac . 😞
@Renegát vy ste tam boli v tedy pravdepodobne tiež ja som si jedine v poslednéj chvíli stihol všimnúť ze je moc nízko na to aby to zdvihol a keď to spadlo bol to zvláštny pocit v tedy som už nebol na letisku ale na streche garaže u mojej babky a videl som to s ďalekohľadom aj ten oheň bola to ozaj sekunda
Did he died ?
no he turned into the pancake... of course he died, did you see the flames after teh impact? there was no seat ejected before slamming to the ground
Sry that im Not Maverick
No, only his plane!
RIP
They are not Hawks - look like Alpha Jets to me !?
Pilot pushed his luck bit too far!
Whoops.
Great flying!
That’s not a hawk
Yes, it is. It's a Hawk 200 - a single seater.
No it’s not it’s a french plane
@@tonypeacock4507 The aircraft at the beginning of the video for the first 15 minutes or so, are French Alpha Jets of the French aerobatic team "Patrouille de France".... However, the aircraft that crashes at about 32 minutes in (and what the subject of the video is all about) is a single-seat BAe Hawk 200.
Gary S never watched the whole thing lol
could he have even ejected at that speed?
Speed is not a problem in a zero zero seat. Too low.
high speed stall......rip
ALPHA JET..not a hawk.
its wing hit the ground after failing to pull out of a low turn when the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle.
ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
RIP. C'est la moindre des choses. Condoléances à la familles, proches et amis.
@Concrete Head What has that got to do with anything. Anyone with eyes can read the official accident report. (Incidentally yes, I have a private pilots licence with full instrument rating.)
Miscalculation. Pilot error.
patrouille de france
Aerobatics, the clue is in the word ! 😁😁😁
FFS if you're going to film something learn to use the camera first
Plenty of people know how to use a camera, watching a catastrophic event and fatality in front of your face tends to engage parts of the human physiology that don’t give a shit about camera work in the moment
This is Alpha Jet
Not a Hawk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! An Alfa Jet
It's definitely a BAe Hawk.
He is right. They look very similar, but it is an Alpha Jet from Dassault
@@bobdylan7120 Thank you Bob. I believe the pilots name was Graham Wardell, aged 45. He was the father of 3 young boys. The woman spectator killed was 35. Very sad.
French Team flying AlphaJets were in the beginning. BAE Hawk has crashed itself at the end.
As well I see that it was not problem with low level barrel, but Hawk during barrel end went in descend with too fast rate. Pilot tried to correct its path made typical stall. Weak engine thrust and late or no decision to eject. Rest in Peace.
Nope its Hawk
Stuck the landing.
UFO at 2:29 ish
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Loop-D-nope
Плохая подготовка к полету. Бедолага поймался на школьной ошибке.
NOT HAWKS
Someone needs lessons on how to use a camera properly.
Wannabe red arrows be like 32:02
Whatever. Equally as good if not better !!!
THE READ ARROW HAVE A HAWK
It is AlphaJet and not Red Arrows, but French Team
@@andrzejgawron1287 its a hawk 200 that crashes around 32:00
Yes it’s a BAe Hawk 201RDA , plane piloted by Top British test pilot Graham Wardell 45 Catherine of 4 , known for the icy nerves
the test pilot entered a barrel roll too low, the roll was too tight, and the exit speed was too fast, and at the wrong angle.
ZJ201 suffered a high speed stall, struck the ground and bounced clipping a building, killing a woman spectator and three other people were injured. It bounced again and finally struck the ground and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was also killed
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33mins too long. Loops kill pilots. How many have died and killed others too? RIP
In the vast majority of cases, pilots kill pilots.