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The Airshow Miracle
The Airshow Miracle
The Airshow Miracle
Vital statistics
Series Seismic Seconds
Title The Airshow Miracle
Airdate Unknown
Disaster RIAT MiG-29 Collision
Date July 24, 1993
Kind Air and Space
Nature Pilot Error
Fatalities None

The Airshow Miracle is the 6th episode of Seismic Seconds and finds the reason to the survival of both pilots.

Plot[]

At the then-biannual Royal International Air Tattoo held at RAF Fairford, two Mikoyan MiG-29s flying an aerobatics routine as part of the Tattoo air display collided in mid-air. Both pilots ejected from their aircraft and survived the accident, and there were no fatalities among the spectators.

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