BAe Red Arrows Hawk

Date: 22-OCT-1999
Time: 13:13
Type: BAe Hawk T.1A
Owner/operator: 100 Sqn RAF
Registration: XX193
C/n / msn: 312040
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Skew Bridge, 1 mile N of Shap, Cumbria - United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire (EGUW)

Narrative:
Clipped a railway bridge and smashed into a barn next to an empty holiday home north of Shap between Penrith and Kendal, Cumbria killing the two crew. A motorist, who was crossing the bridge at the time, suffered cuts, bruises and burns when his van was struck by debris. The West Coast railway line and the adjacent A6 road were both closed while debris was recovered

The RAF has named the dead men as Squadron Leader Mike Andrews, 38, divorced, of Hampshire, and Flight Lieutenant Steve Todd, 28, married, of Grantham, Lincolnshire.

In memory of two brave men.