Shoreham disaster pilot will stand trial next year

Jet pilot Andy Hill accused of killing 11 people in the Shoreham airshow disaster will stand trial for manslaughter next January. Hill, 54, was performing a loop-the-loop stunt when the 1955 Hawker Hunter jet crashed onto the A27 in West Sussex, claiming the lives of 11 men and injuring 13 people. The trained Royal Air Force instructor was thrown from the aircraft as it landed on the dual carriageway. He suffered serious injuries and was placed in an induced coma…