Overview

• Hundreds gathered for a memorial service at St Nicolas Church and a two-minute silence on the Shoreham Toll Bridge, laying flowers and reading the victims’ names.
• Relatives accused the Civil Aviation Authority of failing to adequately protect people outside showgrounds, citing ongoing concerns over flights near busy roads like the M11 by Duxford.
• Andrew Hill was acquitted of manslaughter in 2019, while a 2022 inquest recorded unlawful killing and called his flying during the fatal loop “exceptionally bad.”
• Hill’s efforts to regain his licences were rejected, with the CAA decision upheld and the High Court refusing his bid in May 2025, and his legal challenge to the inquest outcome also failed.
• Some families, including Tanya Hewstone, are pushing a petition for a renewed criminal investigation and highlighting lasting trauma for relatives and witnesses, as Hill declined to issue a new public statement.