2015 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the playoffs, Valladolid
As with Las Palmas, Real Valladolid assured its final position, fifth, in the 41st round. This is its first season in the Segunda División since its relegation in 2014.


2015 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the playoffs, Zaragoza
In its second season since its relegation from La Liga, Zaragoza clinched the sixth and last playoff spot in the last matchday. This will be its first performance at this stage.


2015 Segundona
The 2015 Segundona was the 21st season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 11 July to 4 October 2015.


2015 Segundona
The league comprises 2 series of 6 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2016 Girabola while the runners-up of each group will contest for the third spot. At the end of the regular season, the three series winners will play a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion.


2015 Segundona
Real M'buco and Mpatu a Ponta who were supposed to contest in group A, withdrew citing financial reasons as did Malanje Sport Clube in group B for the same reason.


2015 Segundona
All teams in each group play in a double round robin system (home and away).


2015 Segundona, 2016 Girabola playoff
* The game was interrupted at 75 min due to heavy rain and resumed the following day for the remaining 15 minutes


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla
The 2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barranquilla, Colombia between 7 and 13 September 2015.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Doubles
Pablo Cuevas and Pere Riba are the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Singles
Pablo Cuevas was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali
The 2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eight edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cali, Colombia between 4 and 10 May 2015.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players used protected ranking to gain into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Facundo Bagnis and Eduardo Schwank were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the title, defeating Emilio Gómez and Roberto Maytín in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Gonzalo Lama was the defending champion, but lost to Fernando Romboli in the quarterfinals.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Romboli won the tournament defeating Giovanni Lapentti in the final, 4−6, 6−3, 6−2.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
The 2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the second edition of the tournament for women and twelfth edition for men. It was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total prize money of $50,000+H for both men and for women. It took place in Medellín, Colombia, on 6–12 April 2015 for women and 5–11 October 2015 for men.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and César Ramírez are the defending champions, but only Ramírez defended his title partnering Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela, but lost in the semifinals to Nicolás Barrientos and Eduardo Struvay.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Men's Doubles
Barrientos and Struvay won the title defeating Alejandro Gómez and Felipe Mantilla in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–4].


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Men's Singles
Austin Krajicek was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the Japan Open instead of defending his title.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Men's Singles
Paolo Lorenzi won the title defeating Gonzalo Lama in the final, 7–6(7–3), 2–0 retired.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Women's Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigoyen were the defending champions, however Begu chose to compete at the 2015 Family Circle Cup instead. Irigoyen partnered up with Paula Ormaechea but lost in the first round to Tadeja Majerič and Conny Perrin.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Women's Doubles
The second seeds, Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Mandy Minella won the title, defeating Mariana Duque and Julia Glushko in the final, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5].


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Women's Singles
Verónica Cepede Royg was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Teliana Pereira, 7–6(8–6), 6–1.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 8 September and 4 October.


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles
Víctor Estrella Burgos was the defending champion, but chose to play in the Shenzhen Open instead.


2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings
The 2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings were two separate shooting incidents that occurred in South Korea on 25 and 27 February 2015 in the cities of Sejong and Hwaseong, respectively. After each shooting, the gunmen committed suicide.


2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings
Both incidents led South Korea to immediate adoption of GPS monitoring of firearms. Since the rarity of shooting incidents in South Korea are evident, they garner international news coverage; the two unrelated spree shootings were widely reported as was the adoption of the gun control measure.


2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings, Shootings
At 8 a.m. of 25 February (23:00 GMT Tuesday), in Sejong, South Korea's administrative capital, a gunman shot and killed three people at a convenience store, then committed suicide at another location. The three victims were the gunman's ex-girlfriend's father, brother, and current boyfriend. Keeping a gun in the home in South Korea is restricted; the shooter checked out two shotguns from a police precinct two hours before.


2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings, Shootings
On 27 February, another shooting occurred in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea, where an elderly man shot and killed three people—his brother, his sister-in-law, and a policeman—and injured another police officer before committing suicide. He had checked out a hunting rifle at a police station before driving to his brother's house. A niece of the gunman was injured jumping from a second-story window to escape.


2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings, Shootings
The incident caused South Korea's Yonhap News Agency to criticize the nation's gun control regulations for hunting weapons, and led immediately to gun control regulation changes. On March 2, the first business day following the Friday incident, South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency, its National Police Agency, and the ruling Saenuri Party agreed to require GPS monitoring of guns in the nation.


2015 Selangor FA season
The 2015 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 10th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.


2015 Selangor FA season
Selangor FA began the season on 7 February 2015. They competed in two domestic cups; The FA Cup Malaysia and Malaysia Cup.


2015 Selangor FA season, Competitions, Selangor FA Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2015 season. Win  Draw  Loss


2015 Selangor FA season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2015 Selby District Council election
The 2015 Selby District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Selby District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Semen Padang F.C. season
The 2015 Semen Padang season is the 3rd season competing in the Indonesia Super League.


2015 Semen Padang F.C. season, Review and events, Pre–2015
Their first training for the 2015 Indonesia Super League on December 1, 2014.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision
On 5 September 2015, CEIBA Intercontinental Flight 71, a Boeing 737 passenger jet en route from Dakar, Senegal, to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, collided mid-air with a Hawker Siddeley HS-125 air ambulance jet operated by Senegalair. The 737 was slightly damaged and managed to land safely at Malabo, but the HS-125, after remaining airborne for almost an hour with the crew unresponsive, eventually crashed into the ocean, killing all seven people on board.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Accident
The two aircraft collided at 18:13 approximately 130 km (80 mi) east of Tambacounda, Senegal, while cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) along the same airway in opposite directions, in an area with no radar coverage. The impact sheared off the top 1-metre section of the Boeing's right winglet and was registered on the on-board flight data recorder as a brief oscillation and an uncommanded yaw promptly corrected by the autopilot.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Accident
It is believed that air ambulance 6V-AIM was struck on the fuselage, resulting in the loss of cabin pressure and the incapacitation of the crew. The HS-125 continued flying for a further 55 minutes without the crew responding to any of the several attempts made to contact them. It flew past Dakar, its intended destination, before presumably running out of fuel and crashing into the Atlantic Ocean around 110 km (70 mi) west of Dakar. The wreckage was not recovered.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Accident
The crew of the CEIBA 737 in the meantime had assessed that their aircraft was operating normally, and decided to skip the scheduled stopover at Cotonou, Benin, and instead continue directly to Malabo (the airline's operating base), where it landed without further incident.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Aircraft
The CEIBA aircraft was a Boeing 737-8FB with Equatorial Guinean registration 3C-LLY, which had been in service since February 2014. The air ambulance was a Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A, Senegalese registration 6V-AIM, that had been in service since 1979.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Passengers
Of the deceased victims, three were Senegalese, two were Algerian, and one each were from the Democratic Republic of Congo and France.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Investigation
In August 2017, the Senegalese Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA Sénégal) released a final report stating that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the HS-125 crew to maintain the assigned flight level, which the crew had correctly acknowledged and read back to the air traffic control.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Investigation
The report also noted that there had been previous incidents involving 6V-AIM in which a significant discrepancy was registered between the altitude indicated by the plane's altimeters and transponder, suggesting a possible fault in the aircraft's pitot-static system that may also have contributed to the accident. The report also lists as a possible contributing factor a failure by Senegalair's crew and maintenance staff to comply with established procedures, mentioning several previous detected instances.


2015 Senegal mid-air collision, Investigation
Both aircraft were equipped with TCAS collision avoidance system, and the CEIBA 737's unit was subsequently analysed and found to be working correctly. Despite this, the CEIBA crew received no TCAS warnings prior to the collision, a circumstance that according to the report could have been the result of the HS-125's instrument failure and resulting discrepancy between the altitude information shown on the altimeter and the one fed to the transponder and TCAS systems.


2015 Senior Bowl
The 2015 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featured players from the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2015 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game concluded the post-season that began on December 21, 2014. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and was officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl.


2015 Senior Bowl
Ali Marpet of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the first NCAA Division III player selected for the Senior Bowl, was named Sports Illustrated as the game's "biggest riser".


2015 Senior Bowl
The game was played on January 24, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams, with the North team winning the game 34–13. Coverage of the event was provided on the NFL Network.


2015 Senior League World Series
The 2015 Senior League World Series took place from August 2–8 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Houston, Texas defeated Holmes County, Ohio in the championship game. It was the second straight title for Houston's West University Little League.


2015 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
The 2015 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the sixth edition of the women's List-A tournament in India. It was played from 14 June to 17 June. It was played in a round robin format, with a final between the top two teams. India Blue beat India Red in the final by 18 runs.


2015 Sepang 12 Hours
The 2015 Sepang 12 Hours was the 16th Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 12 December 2015. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GTC-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and touring cars. This was the first Sepang 12 Hours race organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).


2015 Sepang 12 Hours, Report, Qualifying
Pole position was taken by car #1, Clearwater Racing, with a time of 2:02.768.


2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team
The 2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team represented Serbia and took the fourth place at the EuroBasket 2015, held in four different countries (Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia). They were qualified for the EuroBasket by taking the 4th place at the EuroBasket 2013. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, Jovica Antonić, and Goran Bjedov.


2015 Serbia men's EuroBasket team, Roster
The following is the Serbia roster for the EuroBasket 2015


2015 Serena Williams tennis season
The 2015 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 19 January with the start of the 2015 Australian Open and ended with the 2015 US Open. Williams entered the season as the number one ranked player and the defending champion at seven tournaments, including the US Open and the WTA Finals.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season
During the season, Serena logged her 700th career victory by defeating Sabine Lisicki during the Miami Open, becoming the 8th woman to accomplish the feat. On October 5, Williams surpassed Chris Evert for third-most weeks ranked world no. 1. Williams finished the year at no. 1, and held the ranking for the entire year. She became the first person since Steffi Graf in 1990 to hold the top ranking for two consecutive years. It is also fifth time that Williams ended as the number 1 player in the year.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season
She was also voted WTA Player Of The Year for the seventh time in her career, and on December 14, 2015, it was announced that Sports Illustrated named Serena their 2015 Sportsperson of the Year, the third solo woman to earn this honor. On December 22, 2015, Serena announced as the 2015 ITF World Champion for the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time in her career.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Hopman Cup
Williams began preparation for the first grand slam of the year at the Hopman Cup, where she partnered compatriot John Isner to represent team USA. The pair played their first tie against Italy. Williams got off to a slow start in her singles match against Flavia Pennetta, unable to win a game in the first set. However, a mid-match coffee helped the American turn things around and win the match in three sets. She then teamed up with Isner to win the mixed doubles in a super tiebreak.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Hopman Cup
In the second tie of the exhibition, Williams faced off against Canadian youngster Eugenie Bouchard. The American suffered her first loss in her Hopman Cup history, having previously gone undefeated in her last two campaigns, managing to win only three games. Later Williams teamed up with Isner to win their mixed doubles match in straight sets.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Hopman Cup
In the final round-robin tie of the tournament, Williams came up against Czech lefty Lucie Šafářová in an encounter that lasted over two and a half hours, with the American narrowly clinching victory in a third set tiebreak, 8 points to 6. Team USA also won their mixed doubles match, putting Serena in the Hopman Cup final for the third time in as many attempts. In the final Williams met Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska, to whom she had never lost before. The world No. 5 was in inspired form and took the match in three sets. Williams' teammate Isner managed to salvage and send the tie in to a live mixed doubles rubber after winning his singles match against Janowicz; however, the Poles proved too strong for the Americans and took the Hopman Cup with a two set victory.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
At the first major of 2015 Williams opened her campaign for a 6th Australian Open title against Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium. The world No. 1 was dominant in taking the first set without dropping a game in 21 minutes. A tighter second set followed giving the American her 15th first round win at the tournament in as many tries. In the second round Williams came up against former world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, a rematch of the 2010 Wimbledon final.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Williams fell behind and then responded by rattling off ten consecutive games to win in two sets and advance to the final 32. Serena was also scheduled to play doubles with her sister Venus, drawing Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round; however, the pair pulled out without giving an official reason before the doubles tournament began and were replaced by an alternate team.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
In the third round Williams came up against Ukrainian counter-puncher Elina Svitolina and after overcoming a slow start, which saw her drop the first set, she fought back to take the match in three sets, hitting 45 winners to her opponent's 27. The trend of sluggish starts continued in the fourth round where Williams came up against her conqueror from the previous year's French Open, Garbiñe Muguruza. As in their previous meeting the young Spaniard took the opening set from a flat-footed Williams.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
The pair exchanged breaks early in the second set but the world No. 1 raised her level to earn the decisive break in the eighth game and take set two. After a difficult opening service game in the third set, in which Williams saved six break points, the American blasted a total of 15 winners to take the third set and the match.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
"Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit and support, and standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on the courts with just a ball, a racquet and a hope. That's all I had. So all you guys who want to do something or be something, just never give up. You never know what can happen or who you can inspire. I'm just so honored."


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Williams during her winner's speech after defeating Maria Sharapova to win her 6th Australian Open.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
At the quarterfinal stage Williams earned her most comfortable victory of the tournament against the previous year's surprise finalist Dominika Cibulková. The top seed hit 15 aces and dropped just four games en route to setting up a final four meeting with her sister's conqueror Madison Keys. Williams had never failed to win the title in Melbourne once making it to the semifinal stage; however, she was broken in the first game and struggled to get into her Fed Cup teammate's service games. Williams eventually broke back in sixth game and won the set in a tiebreak.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
The world No. 1 coasted in set two and closed out the match on her ninth match point. With passage in to her 23rd Grand Slam final Williams secured she would maintain the number 1 ranking. In the final she came up against her long-time rival and world No. 2 Maria Sharapova to whom she had not lost to in 15 consecutive meetings. Williams began the match aggressively and broke Sharapova's serve immediately.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
The match continued with serve until the pair traded breaks in the seventh and eighth games, then the world No. 1 broke to love to take the first set from the 2008 champion. The second set was more tightly contested with both women creating break point opportunities but ultimately going with serve to a tiebreaker. Sharapova saved two championship points on her own serve, but Williams' won on her third championship point for her 19th major title.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Williams ended the match with 38 winners, including 18 aces and only 25 unforced errors to Sharapova's 21 winners, including 5 aces and 15 unforced errors. With this win Williams broke her tie with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for second most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era and put herself only three major wins behind Steffi Graf's 22.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Fed Cup World Group II
Fresh off her victory in Melbourne, Williams flew to Buenos Aires to represent the USA in their tie against Argentina in the Fed Cup World Group II. Serena was nominated to play her first rubber against Argentine No. 2 Maria Irigoyen. Williams initially struggled to adapt to the clay as the pair went with serve for most of the first set. Williams then won the final eight games of the match to win in straight sets. Williams was nominated to play her second singles rubber against Argentine No.1 Paula Ormaechea; however, she was replaced by Coco Vandeweghe due to illness. USA won the tie 4–1 and advanced to the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Indian Wells Masters
Shortly after winning the first Grand Slam of the season, Williams, in an exclusive column for TIME magazine, announced her intention to end her 13-year boycott of Indian Wells and return to the tournament for the first since winning the title in 2001. Her highly anticipated opening match was set for 13 March when Monica Niculescu advanced to the second round. Williams' return to Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden was welcomed with rapturous applause and a standing ovation from those in attendance, including tournament owner Larry Ellison, co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates and tennis legend John McEnroe.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Indian Wells Masters
Despite the warm reception Williams was tense and was broken immediately by Niculescu, who went on to serve for the opening set in the tenth game, but Williams' resilience saw her win three consecutive games to take the set. In the second set, the pair traded breaks early on and, just as in the first set, the American got the decisive break in the twelfth game to win the match. In the third round Williams made quick work of an error-strewn Zarina Diyas, losing only two games, concluding with a second set bagel.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Indian Wells Masters
In the round of 16, Williams faced compatriot Sloane Stephens. A sharp and engaged Stephens got an early lead, taking the first three games, but Williams responded by winning the next three to level the match. The set remained on serve with Stephens saving a set point in the tenth game to force it to a tiebreak, which the younger American won. Williams fought back breaking Stephens' serve a collective four times over the final two sets to advance to the final eight.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Indian Wells Masters
At the quarterfinal stage Williams took on an in-form Timea Bacsinszky whom advanced to the final eight off the back of winning back-to-back titles in Mexico. The Swiss led the opening set in its early stages; however, as in her opening match, Serena came from behind and claimed the first set, with the decisive break coming in the twelfth game. The second set started with four consecutive breaks of serve.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Indian Wells Masters
Williams righted the ship with a break of serve in the eighth game, which she backed up by serving out the match to 15 to secure a spot in the semifinals. Williams finished the match with 23 winners to her opponents' 11, including 7 aces. Williams was set to face world No. 3 Simona Halep at the semifinal stage but had to withdraw before the match due to a right knee injury. After her withdrawal was announced to those in attendance Williams came out on to Stadium 1 court to address the crowd, apologize for her withdrawal and reassure fans that she would be back in 2016.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Miami Open
Williams returned to Miami the following week with aims to defend her title and to further extend her record and become the only player to have won the event eight times. After receiving a bye in to the second round as the top seed, Williams was pitted against Monica Niculescu in her opening match for the second straight tournament. The world No. 1 made light work of the Romanian this time, dropping just four games and showing no signs of the knee injury that forced her to withdraw from Indian Wells.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Miami Open
In the third round Williams needed only 41 minutes to overwhelm the incumbent ITF junior world No. 1 Catherine Bellis, dropping just 14 points in her victory over the teenager. Serena then took on old rival and 2006 Miami champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round. Williams went untroubled on serve, saving all four break points against her and broke the Russian's serve three times en route to a comfortable victory, the most lopsided win for Serena since 2004. In the quarterfinals the world No. 1 faced off against her conqueror at 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Sabine Lisicki.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Miami Open
The in-form German tested the world No. 1 with her big return game but despite leading Williams by a break twice in the first set she was broken back immediately on both occasions. Williams eventually took the first set in a tiebreak and broke Lisicki's serve to begin the second set; however, Williams began to struggle with the sun while serving and went on to commit 17 unforced errors to drop the set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Miami Open
Frustrated with her play, Williams refocused and cleaned up her errors to gain a decisive break in the second game and take the set and match in the third. This victory marked Williams' 700th career win, the most among active players and ninth on the all-time list. In the semifinals she faced third seed and the last player to beat her, Simona Halep, in a match that was originally set to take place two weeks earlier. Williams came out firing, blasting 13 winners to Halep's 6 to take the opening set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indian Wells and Miami, Miami Open
The second set went with serve until errors started to flow from Williams' racket which the Romanian was the beneficiary of in the ninth game. Halep served out the set. The world No.1 ended the set with 20 unforced errors to Simona's 10. Williams struck back immediately breaking Halep at the first opportunity in the third set. Williams won a tight third set. In the final Williams faced her sister's conqueror Carla Suárez Navarro. The Spaniard had lost all eight sets contested in four previous meetings with Williams and this was no different with Williams winning in 56 minutes. Williams struck 27 winners, including 7 aces, to 16 unforced errors to successfully defend her title and win Miami for a record eighth time. This was also the second time Williams had won three consecutive Miami titles after originally winning the event three consecutive times between 2002 and 2004.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
In a quest to gain eligibility for the 2016 Summer Olympics Williams began her clay season in Brindisi in a Fed Cup World Group Play-off tie against Italy. The American was nominated to play Camila Giorgi in her first rubber and edged out the first set in a tiebreak. Williams broke serve for the first time in the fourth game and wrapped up the match with a second break as the Italian was serving to stay in the match.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The tie was locked at 1–1 at the end of day 1 after Williams' teammate Lauren Davis managed to win only three games in her rubber. Williams played Italian No. 1 Sara Errani in her second single rubber and lost just her second set in eight meetings against the Italian. The American's fluctuating level saw her go from a break up to a break down with the Italian serving for the match. The American broke serve and won the set in a tiebreak to level the match.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
Williams took the third set and ended the match with 70 winners to Errani's 7. With this win team USA led 2–1 and needed one more point to advance back into the World Group. The tie was forced in to a deciding doubles rubber when Christina McHale managed just two games in her loss to Brindisi-born Flavia Pennetta. Williams teamed up with Alison Riske, marking the first time she had played doubles with anyone other than her sister Venus in 13 years, to take on Eranni and Pennetta. The Italian pairing handed Williams her first Fed Cup loss en route to winning the final rubber and clinching the tie 3–2. USA were relegated to World Group II.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Madrid Open
After winning a couple of shaky matches on clay in Brindisi, Williams arrived in Madrid to play her first WTA event of the clay season. Her first round opponent was one of the breakout stars of 2015, Madison Brengle. It took Williams just 55 minutes to beat her fellow American, with the loss of just one game, hitting 36 winners to just 18 unforced errors. Williams faced Sloane Stephens, for the second time this season, in the second round. A break of serve in the opening game was enough for Williams to secure the opening set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Madrid Open
Stephens failed to win a game in the second set and the No. 1 seed advanced in to the third round in 58 minutes. Williams' third round opponent was familiar foe Victoria Azarenka whom she had not faced in over a year. Despite being down 5–1 in the first set tiebreak, Williams won six consecutive points to claim the set. Azarenka fought back and won the second set. The deciding set went back and forth until William won the tiebreak to advance to the quarterfinals.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Madrid Open
At the quarterfinal stage Williams dominated clay court specialist Carla Suárez Navarro, hitting 43 winners to 27 unforced errors, for the loss of just four games. This win set up a semifinal encounter with world No. 4 and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová. Williams lost the match in straight sets and was handed her first loss of the year.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, Italian Open
With her win streak snapped, Williams returned to Rome as the two-time defending champion. She opened her defense against world No. 39 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and won comprehensively in just over an hour, striking 25 winners to only 17 unforced errors. Williams was set to face countrywoman Christina McHale in the third round but withdrew before the match citing a right elbow injury. This was the first time Williams headed in to the French Open without winning a warm-up clay tournament since 2010.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
To kick off her French Open campaign, Williams faced off against Czech qualifier and accomplished doubles player Andrea Hlaváčková. The world No. 1 advanced with ease in just under an hour, blasting 25 winners, untroubled by the elbow injury that had forced her to withdraw from Rome. In the second round Williams was pitted against another qualifier, Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam. The qualifier failed to serve the first set out, but Williams' sloppy play saw her drop the opener.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
Williams fought back to force a decider, in which she broke in the first and final of Friedsam's service games to advance to the final 32. Her next opponent was close rival and friend Victoria Azarenka. Williams came into this match having never lost to the Belarusian at a major in eight previous meetings. Azarenka started sharp on return, breaking Williams' serve thrice to lead the world No. 1 by a set and a break. Williams battled to break back in the eighth game to level the set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
In the tenth game the Belarusian saved a set point but the chair umpire called for the point to be replayed. Williams took her chance and sealed set. Azarenka, furious with the call, let out her frustration by breaking Serena in her opening service game of the deciding set. Williams responded by winning six straight games to take the match in just over two hours, finishing the match with 41 winners to 21 unforced errors. With this win Williams became the first woman in the Open Era to win 50 matches at each Grand Slam.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
In the fourth round, Williams faced compatriot Sloane Stephens. Stephens took advantage of a slow starting Williams taking the first set losing just a game and breaking the world No. 1's serve thrice. In the second set, Williams came back to break in the seventh game just to be broken back by Stephens. However, Williams broke again in the eleventh and closed it out to push it to a decider. In the final set, Williams broke the younger Americans serve twice, including in the ninth and final game.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
In the last eight, Williams took on Italy's Sara Errani, Williams dominated the match losing only four games in the match including a breadstick in the first set. Williams hit 39 winners including 10 aces. In the final four, Williams faced first time slam semifinalist Swiss Timea Bacsinszky. In the first, Bacsinszky broke Williams in the fifth game and that was enough for the Swiss to serve it out in the tenth game to take the first set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
In the second set, Bacsinszky broke Williams again in the fifth game, but Williams came back and won the next ten games of the match to advance to the finals. In the final, Williams faced first time finalist Lucie Šafářová, Williams broke Šafářová in the fourth game and closed it out in the ninth game. Williams took an early lead, leading with two breaks; however, as Williams tightened up, Šafářová took advantage and brought it back on serve. Williams then broke in the eleventh game and served for the match but Šafářová broke back to push it to a tie-break.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court swing, French Open
Šafářová dominated tie-break. In the final set, Šafářová took the first two games but Williams came back to win the next six game to win the match. The win gave Williams her 20th slam, being the third person to win 20 or more slams and the third person to win each slam at least three times.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
Despite the addition of an extra week of grass court events before Wimbledon, the five-time singles champion, did not play a grass court tune-up event coming into this Grand Slam event. In her opening round Williams faced off against Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan, whom she struggled with initially, falling a break behind early in the first set, but Williams bounced back to dispatch her opponent in two sets. Her second round match was against talented doubles player Timea Babos, a match that would last only 59 minutes, with Williams losing only five games.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
In the third round, against Heather Watson and a partisan crowd, Williams was two points from losing with Watson serving for the match. After 135 minutes, Williams prevailed in three sets. She would face her sister Venus Williams in her fourth round encounter — the earliest the sisters had met at the Championships and the earliest the two had met in a Grand Slam since the 2005 US Open — but it was a routine two set victory for the younger Williams sister.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
In the quarterfinals, Williams faced Victoria Azarenka. For the second consecutive major Azarenka won the first set with her accurate return game, but Williams raised her level in the second set and after a multi-deuce fourth game, in which Azarenka held serve, Williams ran away with the match, winning seven consecutive games with her pinpoint serving. The world No. 1 went on to seal the match in three sets, serving 17 aces, her best serving performance of the Championships. In the semifinals Williams faced off against world No. 4 Maria Sharapova.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
Williams defeated Sharapova for the seventeenth consecutive time for the loss of six games to advance to her eighth Wimbledon final. In the final she faced major final debutant Garbiñe Muguruza, the young Spaniard who had handed Williams her heaviest defeat at a major, just a year before. Though Williams' opening service game was broken, she recovered and won the opening set. Williams raced ahead to a double break lead and would serve for the match twice, but the young Spaniard broke the world No. 1 both times.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships
Although Muguruza got the match back on serve, she would still have to serve to stay in the match. Williams broke the Spaniard's serve to win her sixth Wimbledon title and complete the "Serena Slam 2.0". The final lasted 83 minutes, with Williams serving 12 aces to 8 double faults, hitting 29 winners to 15 unforced errors, and getting in 37 of 68 first serves. With this victory Serena Williams became the oldest female in the Open Era to win a major singles title, passing the former mark of Martina Navratilova. This win was her twenty-first major singles title, putting her one behind Steffi Graf's Open Era record, and three behind the all-time mark set by Margaret Court.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon Championships, Swedish Open
Immediately following her triumph at Wimbledon, Williams returned to Båstad after missing the previous edition of the tournament because of a viral illness. The world No. 1 faced Ysaline Bonaventure and needed just 53 minutes to collect a win over the Belgian for the loss of three games. Williams was set to play Klára Koukalová in the round of 16, but withdrew due to an elbow injury.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Canadian Open
Williams began her US Open Series in Toronto after withdrawing from Stanford with the same elbow injury sustained earlier in the year. After receiving a bye in the first round as the top seed, Williams faced Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta and won in three sets coming from a set and a break down to win. She then beat Andrea Petkovic and Roberta Vinci in straight sets to advance to the semifinals. She lost to 18-year old Swiss Belinda Bencic in three tight sets.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Canadian Open
During the match she served at 50 percent, committed 59 unforced errors (more than half the points Bencic won) and converted on only 6 of her 20 break point opportunities. It was her second defeat of the year and first on hard court since the 2014 WTA Finals to Simona Halep. The loss also ended William's 18 match winning streak in three-set matches. Coincidentally, the last time she suffered a three-set loss was also in the semifinals of the Canadian Open (against her sister Venus) in 2014.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Cincinnati Open
Williams was the top seed and, after a bye, she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova and Karin Knapp both in straight sets. In the quarterfinals she defeated Ana Ivanovic in three sets and Elina Svitolina in the semifinals in straight sets. She won her fifth title of the year with a two set victory over Simona Halep.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, US Open
Williams was the top seed and three-time defending champion and hoping to win a calendar year Grand Slam. She started off with Russian Vitalia Diatchenko in the first round where quickly won on the first set, however, Diatchenko retired due to an injury to advance the next round. In the second round, she faced with Dutch Kiki Bertens that lasted in 1 hour and 32 minutes. In the third round, she faced fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands where she had a tough momentum that lost on the first set.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, US Open
During the second set, she narrowly avoided upset by Mattek-Sands and quickly regained focus on the third set. In the round of 16, she faced with another fellow American Madison Keys and winning in straight sets. In the quarterfinal stage, she faced her third American opponent in a row, her sister Venus, Serena dominated early in the first set. During the second set, she lost to Venus, and in the third set, she narrowly defeated her sister to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, she faced Italy's Roberta Vinci who was on her first Grand Slam singles semifinal.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, US Open
The semifinal match was supposed to play the night before but was delayed due to rain. The odds favored Serena; Vinci had never beaten Serena Williams in all of their four previous meetings, and Serena performed well in the first set. However, she was upset by Vinci and lost the next two sets, ending her bid to win the calendar-year Grand Slam, won last by Steffi Graf in 1988. It was also her first Slam loss since the previous year's Wimbledon.


2015 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, China Open and WTA Finals
On October 2, Williams announced that she is withdrawn in both China Open and the WTA Finals due to injuries. Williams is a defending quarterfinalist in the China Open, while she is a three-time defending champion in the WTA Finals that she is considering to be a fan favorite.


2015 Services Air Airbus A310 crash
On 24 December 2015, at 08:35, an Airbus A310-304F cargo aircraft, operated by Congolese company Services Air on a domestic flight, ran off the end of the runway and crashed in a residential area while landing at Mbuji-Mayi Airport in the city of Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of Kasai-Oriental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eight people were killed and nine others were injured, all of whom were people in the residential area. The aircraft suffered substantial damage, but the five crew members were uninjured. The aircraft overshot the runway by about 500 m (1,640 ft) and ploughed into the residential area, destroying several homes.


2015 Services Air Airbus A310 crash, Accident
The pilot informed Ngoyi Kasanji, governor of Kasai-Oriental province, that a brake problem on the aircraft was the cause of the accident. According to witnesses the aircraft had already gone around twice and on the third landing attempt it touched down about halfway along the runway and was unable to stop before rolling off the end. The A310 came to a stop on soft ground among houses about 500 m (1,640 ft) past the runway end.


2015 Seshasamudram violence
The 2015 Seshasamudram violence also known as the Villupuram violence refers to the violence that took place on 15 August 2015 in Seshasmudram, a village in Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu. A crowd of 500 dominant-caste villagers attacked a Dalit colony over a dispute over a procession of a temple car. 15 houses belonging to the Dalits were burnt down and 40 Dalits were injured during the violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Background
In the village, there were 2000 Vanniyar families and 75 Dalit families.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Background, Festival tensions
The Dalits were denied entry to at least 5 temples controlled by the Vanniyars. The Dalit community constructed a Mariamman temple in the village and for four years, they were refused permission to conduct a procession by the local administration as it was opposed by the Vanniyars and that it could also cause tensions in the village.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Background, Festival tensions
The Dalits threatened to accept Buddhism if they were not permitted to take the car out in 2015. Peace committee meetings were held by the Villupuram district administration, attended by a 100 members from Vanniyar community and 5 members from the Dalit colony, and it was agreed that Dalits will be allowed to conduct the procession.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Background, Festival tensions
In the year 2015, The Dalit colony's Mariamman temple car festival was planned for August 16. Following 2012, when the temple car was constructed, policemen have been posted regularly in the village. While the whole Dalit colony was involved in the arrangements, the Vanniyars, mainly young people, departed for the neighboring town of Kallakurichi, where Anbumani Ramadoss, one of the leaders of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), was taking part in a demonstration.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Attacks
The attacks began at 8:30 pm on August 15 on Independence day. Police stated that even after the peace negotiations, a group of Vanniyars dug up the route to block the temple car procession. The mob of 100, including women, began hurling stones on the police when they tried to stop the mob and threw petrol bombs at the temple vehicle, burning it. Police claimed that this attack was made by the Vanniyars returning from the demonstration held by the PMK.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Attacks
A mob of 500 people armed with crow bars, stones, sticks, sickles and petrol filled bottles reached the Dalit colony. They took positions on the rooftops watching over the colony at the same time. By vandalizing the transformer in the area, the mob had turned off power supply. When the lights went out, they hurled petrol bombs and stones from the rooftops into the colony. Another party stormed in the colony and quickly smashed the tube lights and the bulbs. Then they burned huts and properties after discovering nobody there.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Attacks
Then the group attacked the badly outnumbered policemen, who attempted to stop the attackers. The police team had relocated the Dalits to the fields and told them to stay there before backup reached the village. Some of the policemen also suffered injuries. At least 15 houses were burned down and about 40 Dalit people were injured. 8 police officers and 3 village assistants were also injured. Vehicles of Dalit families were also burned by the mob. The police discovered that half a dozen goats were killed. During their attack the mob also shouted "Burn them! No Paraiyars should be let off". Many of the Dalits lost money, jewels and their bona fide records.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Attacks
The police had to shoot in the air several times to enter, as the Vanniyars blocked the policemen to go through their area to enter the Dalit colony. It eventually took a rain that lasted almost an hour to extinguish the fire.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Attacks
In September 2015, a house belonging to a Vanniyar were set on fire. A local source said it was an accident, not an act of retribution. Later, 2 Dalit houses were again torched in September with petrol bombs, the victims claimed that their houses were burned when they spoke to the media about the recent violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Investigations
A human rights organization based in Madurai named Evidence, claimed a number of Dalit women had been abused in the attack. They had been stripped and told to run away, abandoning their children in the house. The riots which started on 8:30pm was reported to have continued until early in the morning of the next day.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Investigations
As per police reports and residents, in the countdown of the 2012 panchayat election, a Vanniyar contestant named Subramanian pledged to help the Dalit community to buy a temple car in an effort to attract the Dalit vote. He helped them buy the car after winning by collecting funds and using the money of the Dalits. Vanniyars objected taking the car through the streets where they lived. Local officials refused permission for the procession for the past three years as they were unable to solve the issue. The district magistrate granted permission on 2015 to the Dalits being unable to withhold approval forever.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Investigations
After the violence, the police arrested and jailed Subramanian for being responsible for the riots and jailed him in Vellore central prison. Local news sources stated that Subramanian of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam disrupted the villagers unity by inciting a caste clash between both the communities. Subramani confessed that other than him, over 100 Vanniyar men were preparing an attack together.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Arrests
85 people, including 18 women and seven minors, all from the Vanniyar caste, were detained by police. Two more people were later arrested.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
The PMK founder, S. Ramadoss, accused the police for the violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front asked the NHRC to start using its legal power to prosecute those responsible for the violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa provided financial aid of ₹ 50,000 each to 8 police officers and 3 village assistants who were injured.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
Over 1000 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) members blocked the Tiruvannamalai Road at Sankarapuram, demanding action against those responsible for the violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko denounced the burning of the Dalits Temple Car and Houses and pleaded to the members of both groups to live in peace.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
The president of Puthiya Tamilagam party, K. Krishnasamy has demanded tough action against those involved in the violence.


2015 Seshasamudram violence, Reactions
The Manithaneya Makkal Katchi appealed to all members of both the communities to aim for harmony.


2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The 2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was the 30th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Gatteo and ended on 29 March in Roccapelago. The race consisted of four stages. As in the 2014 edition, the first stage was divided into two half-stages, with the second half of the first stage being a team time trial.


2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The race was won by South African rider Louis Meintjes (MTN–Qhubeka), who claimed the leader's jersey with his win on the final stage. Meintjes beat Ben Swift (Team Sky) in the general classification by two seconds. The podium was completed by Croatian rider Matija Kvasina, of Felbermayr–Simplon Wels. Swift won the second stage and the points classification, Slovenian rider Primož Roglič of Adria Mobil won the mountains classification and Unieuro–Wilier's Simone Petilli from Italy, finished first in the young rider classification for the second year in a row. The team classification was won by Team Sky.


2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Race overview
The 2015 race had four days of racing. The first of these was a split stage, with a road stage followed by a team time trial the same day. The following three days each had one stage, with the final stage a hill-top finish.


2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Teams
The start list includes 25 teams (1 UCI WorldTeam, 10 Professional Continental Teams, 13 Continental Teams), and an Italian national team.


2015 Sevenoaks District Council election
The 2015 Sevenoaks District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Sevenoaks District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash
On 9 May 2015, an Airbus A400M Atlas cargo plane on a test flight crashed at La Rinconada, Spain, less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Seville Airport at around 1:00 pm local time, killing 4 of the 6 crew.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aircraft
The aircraft, serial number MSN023, was on its first pre-delivery test flight and was scheduled to be the third A400M to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force. The delivery was scheduled for June 2015. The aircraft, number MSN23, was being flown by an Airbus Defence and Space test crew and used the callsign CASA423. As of May 2015, Airbus had delivered just 12 of the 174 ordered and the programme had been plagued by persistent quality issues, both in the final assembly facility in Spain, and in Germany.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Flight
The pilots had reported that the plane had a technical fault and asked permission to land, but hit an electricity pylon while attempting an emergency landing. Tracking data from the Flightradar24 website indicated the plane had veered to the left before coming down and that it had reached a maximum altitude of 1,725 feet (526 m) before descending at a constant speed of about 160 knots (300 km/h; 180 mph).


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Flight
The six aircraft crew were Spanish employees of Airbus Defence and Space. Four of them were killed and the remaining two were seriously injured. Three local men helped the two survivors, a mechanic and an engineer, escape from the wreckage.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
San Pablo Airport was closed following the accident. The Royal Air Force "temporarily paused" flying its two Atlas cargo planes as a result of this accident. The German, Malaysian, and Turkish air forces suspended operations of their fleets of A400Ms following the accident. The French Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said on 10 May 2015 that "only flights of extreme importance for operations will be allowed." One of Britain's A400Ms was reportedly stuck in New Mexico awaiting the lifting of the British defense ministry's self-imposed flight pause.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
Spain withdrew Airbus' permit to conduct flight tests of the A400M in Spain pending the results of the investigation. In a letter to employees on 11 May 2015, Airbus chairman Tom Enders said, "We want to show our clients and air forces that we are fully confident in this excellent transport plane." Testing of the A400 resumed the next day, with Fernando Alonso, head of Airbus Military, on board the test flight acting as a flight engineer. The flight was not affected by Spain's halt on test flights because the Airbus owned prototype test plane, MSN4, is not scheduled for delivery.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
About twenty A400Ms are currently on the Seville assembly line in different stages of production, each of which will have to undergo testing before they can be delivered to clients. Airbus said on 12 May 2015, "It is too early to know what impact [Spain's] decision will have on the supply chain." A400M MSN4 will be used to complete the development of new capabilities through the Standard Operating Clearances process; SOC1.5 will finalise aerial delivery, cargo-handling systems, self-defense systems, and air-to-air refueling using wing-mounted pods.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
On 14 May 2015, the Spanish Defense Ministry confirmed that Spain's military air crash investigation agency, CITAAM, had taken charge of the investigation of the crash. The Spanish government had initially charged a civilian team, made up of experts from the transport and defense ministries, with the task, but the civilian team "took the decision to withdraw because they understood that the plane has specific characteristics due to its military configuration which they were unfamiliar with," according to a Defense Ministry spokesman.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
On 19 May 2015, Airbus Defense and Space requested all operators of its A400M airlifter to conduct one-time specific checks on electronic control units (ECUs) fitted to the TP400 turboprop engines on the aircraft. The company also has introduced additional detailed checks, to be carried out in the event of subsequent engine or ECU replacement. Airbus said these checks were necessary to "avoid potential risks in any future flights," and added that the alert had resulted from its internal analysis and was issued as "part of the continued airworthiness activities, independently from the ongoing official investigation into the accident."


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
On 21 May 2015 it emerged that the secretaries of state of the A400M member countries had established a Program Monitoring Team (PMT) to analyze and judge Airbus plans to bring the A400M project back on track and to schedule visits to the final-assembly line in Seville, Spain, and other A400M-production facilities. The first conclusions on program recovery made by the PMT include the observation that Airbus still does not have an integrated approach to production, development and retrofits, but treats these as separate programs.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
On 11 June 2015, Spain's Ministry of Defense announced that Airbus could restart test flights for A400M prototypes in Spain. The Ministry confirmed that its specialist aerospace unit had met with Airbus to discuss flight permits, and that further permits relating to the plane program could be granted in the coming days. The UK Royal Air Force lifted its suspension on A400M flights on 16 June 2015, followed the next day by the Turkish Air Force.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
"Having undertaken and completed a series of thorough checks on the UK's A400M aircraft and how it is operated, the RAF is now satisfied that the additional processes and procedures introduced means it is now safe for the RAF to resume flying," the UK Ministry of Defence said. The first German Air Force A400M to fly post crash took off from Wunstorf air base on July 14, 2015. Pilot Lt.Col. Christian Schott, part of Wunstorf's 10-strong operational testing and evaluation team,  said, "the problems that led to the crash in Seville can be been [sic] ruled out for our A400M...our aircraft has been thoroughly checked."


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Aftermath
The first production-standard aircraft to leave the Seville final assembly line (FAL), since the grounding was enacted by the Spanish authorities on 9 May, was delivered to the French Air Force on the same day that the suspension of flight was lifted on 19 June. This aircraft, MSN019, is the seventh to be delivered to France and the 13th to be delivered in all. The FAL has also completed the build of four aircraft for the United Kingdom, which will now undergo pre-delivery checks and trials before being flown to Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
The Spanish government confirmed on 10 May 2015 that the plane's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder had been recovered. Despite being examined by a joint team from the Spanish ministries of development and defense, the Spanish authorities subsequently passed the recorders to the French military air accident investigation agency BEAD to extract and analyze the data.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
On 13 May 2015 it emerged that technical issues were slowing retrieval of the crash data; General Bruno Caïtucoli, head of BEAD, reported that "there are technical issues in reading the system, and it is a question of compatibility between systems, so we are still trying to extract data. The extracting system we are using belongs to the French defense procurement agency DGA," Caïtucoli said, noting that the problem appeared to be a compatibility issue between the recorders and the DGA's data reading system, rather than an issue with the condition of the recorders themselves.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
Several reports suggested that as many as three of the aircraft's four engines failed during the A400M's departure from Seville. Airbus initially focused on whether the crash was caused by new management software for the engine-fuel supply, designed to trim the fuel tanks to permit the aircraft to fly certain military maneuvers. There appeared to have been a trimming issue, leading to strong banking that was not recoverable and that the fuel supply was re-established, but not quickly enough for recovery to safe flight.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
Airbus Chief Strategy Officer Marwan Lahoud confirmed on 29 May that incorrectly installed engine control software caused the fatal crash. "The black boxes attest to that there are no structural defects [with the aircraft], but we have a serious quality problem in the final assembly." Two days earlier, Airbus CEO Tom Enders criticized Spanish agencies for withholding the flight recorder data. "We would like to see the data and compare it with our hypothesis and proceed quickly to understand the causes of accident, so our aircraft can get back into the air," he told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Amsterdam on May 27.


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
Senior Airbus executive, Fabrice Bregier, said on 30 May 2015 that there was "either a weakness in the test procedure of planes before they fly, or a problem that results from the implementation of these procedures." On 3 June 2015 Airbus announced that investigators had confirmed "that engines one, two and three experienced power frozen [sic] after lift-off and did not respond to the crew's attempts to control the power setting in the normal way. Preliminary analyses have shown that all other aircraft systems performed normally and did not identify any other abnormalities throughout the flight."


2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash, Investigation
The key scenario being examined by investigators is that the torque calibration parameter data was accidentally wiped on three engines as the engine software was being installed at Airbus facilities, which would prevent the FADECs from operating. Under the A400M's design, the first warning pilots would receive of the engine data problem would be when the plane was 120 meters (400 feet) in the air; on the ground, there is no cockpit alert.


2015 Seville City Council election
The 2015 Seville City Council election, also the 2015 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th City Council of the municipality of  Seville. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2015 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2015 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2015 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


2015 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.


2015 Seville City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 16 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville (17 until 1 January 2015).


2015 Seville City Council election, Opinion polls
Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll


2015 Seychellois presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Seychelles between 3 and 5 December 2015. As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held between 16 and 18 December. Incumbent President James Michel was re-elected, defeating opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan by just 193 votes in the second round. Ramkalawan claimed there had been "many irregularities", including vote buying.


2015 Seychellois presidential election, Background
The elections were initially scheduled to take place between 19 and 21 November 2015, but were moved "to give more time to political parties to prepare for the elections".


2015 Seychellois presidential election, Campaign
The official nomination process closed on 11 November 2015. In October 2015 incumbent President James Michel of the People's Party announced his intention to run for re-election for a third and final term. Since the re-introduction of democracy in 1993, candidates from the People's Party have won all presidential and parliamentary elections in Seychelles.


2015 Seychellois presidential election, Campaign
Alexia Amesbury, leader of the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy, was the first woman to contest a presidential election in Seychelles.


2015 Seychellois presidential election, Results
Michel fell short of a majority in the first round, receiving about 48% of the vote, and therefore a second round was required. The second place candidate, long-time opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan, received the support of third place candidate Patrick Pillay for the second round.


2015 Seychellois presidential election, Results
Michel won the second round by a very small margin, beating Ramkalawan by only 193 votes, according to results announced by the electoral commission on 19 December 2015. Ramkalawan disputed the results and requested a recount. Michel was sworn in on 20 December.


2015 Sha Tin District Council election
The 2015 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 38 elected members to the 39-member Sha Tin District Council.


2015 Sha Tin District Council election
The pan-democrats and the pro-Beijing camp both won 19 seats but the pro-Beijing camp was still able to control the council with 1 ex officio member.


2015 Shakey's V-League Season
The 2015 Shakey's V-League Season was the 12th Season of a Filipino football league.


2015 Shakey's V-League Season, Open Conference, Format, Semi-finals (SF)
The four semi-finalists will compete against each other in a single-round robin phase.


2015 Shakey's V-League Season, Open Conference, Format, Finals
The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:


2015 Sham Shui Po District Council election
The 2015 Sham Shui Po District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 23 members to the Sham Shui Po District Council.


2015 Sham Shui Po District Council election
Veteran legislator Frederick Fung Kin-kee of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) lost his seat in Lai Kok to Chan Wing-yan of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).


2015 Shanghai Challenger
The 2015 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 7 and 13 September 2015.


2015 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry courtesy of a protected ranking:


2015 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan are the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2015 Shanghai Challenger – Singles
Yoshihito Nishioka was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season
The 2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 12th season in the Chinese Super League and 53rd overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup, reaching the final but ultimately losing to Jiangsu Sainty.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad
As of 5 March 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 18th such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China. The opening film was I Am Somebody, written and directed by Derek Yee.


2015 Shanghai International Film Festival, International Jury
The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:


2015 Shanghai Masters
The 2015 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 September 2015 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.


2015 Shanghai Masters
Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost 3–6 against Judd Trump in the semi-finals.


2015 Shanghai Masters
Kyren Wilson won his first ranking title, defeating Trump 10–9 in the final.


2015 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:


2015 Shanghai Masters, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 14 and 15 September 2015.


2015 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying
These matches were held between 5 and 9 August 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 11 to October 18, 2015.


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Albert Ramos-Viñolas. Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2015 Sheffield City Council election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the UK general election and local Parish Council elections. There were 28 seats up for election, one of the three councillors from each ward.


2015 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
The 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup 2015, was the 1st edition of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by the Chittagong Abahani in association with the Bangladesh Football Federation. This tournament took place at the M. A. Aziz Stadium from 20 October 2015 to 30 October 2015 in the port city of Chittagong. Participation fees for each team was US$ 5000.


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
Chittagong Abahani won the inaugural edition of the tournament by defeating East Bengal F.C. 3–1.


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Participating teams
Eight clubs sent their teams to participate in the tournament from five nations of AFC Three team from Bangladesh, two from India, one of each from Sri Lanka, Pakistan as well as Afghanistan participated.


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Draw
The draw ceremony was held 19:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon Dhaka on 12 October 2015.The Eight teams were divided into two groups. Top two teams from each group will move into the Semi-Finals.


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Draw, Group Draw
De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. Solid SC Dhaka Mohammedan Kolkata Mohammedan


2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Group stage
The eight participants are divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group will move on to the semifinals.


2015 Shenzhen landslide
A landslide of construction waste occurred at Shenzhen, on 20 December 2015. It destroyed and buried industrial buildings and worker living quarters in the nearby industrial park. The death toll was 73, with 4 people reported missing. It was an industrial accident due to human negligence rather than a natural disaster. The local police arrested some of the people involved in the irregularities of the huge waste dump which had built up in the previous two years.


2015 Shenzhen landslide
In April 2017, 45 people including government officials, were charged in local courts for negligence and corruption resulting in prison sentences and large fines.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Background
It has been reported that waste material generated from construction work elsewhere had been piled up in a former quarry over the past couple of years. The adjacent natural hill did not slide, according to a geological report issued by the Ministry of Land and Resources on 21 December 2015.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Landslide
On 20 December 2015 at 11:40 am a pile of construction waste, stored on a hillside, slid down in an avalanche of mud and debris, destroying 33 buildings and covering an area greater than ten hectares (25 acres) in the Hengtaiyu Industrial Park (恒泰裕工业园), which is, administratively, under Guangming New District of Shenzhen.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Landslide
The landslide reportedly ruptured a nearby 400-metre (1,300 ft) section of the West–East Gas Pipeline and triggered an explosion which was heard about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away. According to The New York Times, PetroChina stated that this was untrue, although Reuters subsequently reported that PetroChina announced its plan to lay a temporary gas pipeline to replace the damaged one.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Landslide
According to the Ministry of Land and Resources, the landslide occurred after a 20-storey-high mountain of dumped earth and construction waste collapsed.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Emergency response
Chinese authorities had over 2,906 rescue personnel, including about 800 from the defence forces, excavating dirt and rubble at the Hengtaiyu industrial park.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Emergency response
More than 1,500 emergency rescuers were involved in the search for people trapped under the mud; as of 21 December, seven people had been rescued, and 76 people were still missing. Approximately 900 people have been evacuated from the area.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Responses
Communist party General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang called for all-out rescue efforts. Also, Ma Xingrui, the Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen, rushed back from Beijing to Shenzhen during The Central Economic Work Conference after hearing of this landslide.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Responses
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon extended his condolences to the families of the victims of the landslide.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Responses
On 25 December, Ma Xingrui, along with other city officials, issued a public apology to Shenzhen citizens.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Responses
On 27 December, the official who approved the construction of the waste dump that triggered the landslide, identified as the former director of Shenzhen Guangming New District Urban Management Bureau Xu Yuan'an (徐远安), jumped off a building in Nanshan District in an apparent suicide.


2015 Shenzhen landslide, Mourning
On 26 December, rescuers and officials mourned those who died in the landslide. The ritual was held seven days after the landslide, in line with the Chinese tradition. The mourners scattered white flowers on the debris.


2015 Shepway District Council election
The 2015 Shepway District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Shepway District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 23 February and 1 March.


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were the defending champions but chose not to compete.


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Benjamin Mitchell and Jordan Thompson defeated Go Soeda and Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final, 6–3, 6–2, to win the title.


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Martin Fischer was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2015 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Michał Przysiężny won the title defeating John Millman in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
On 22 August 2015, a former military aircraft crashed on to a main road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow at Shoreham Airport, England, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others. It was the deadliest air show accident in the United Kingdom since the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash, which had killed 31 people.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
The aircraft, a Hawker Hunter T7, failed to complete a loop manoeuvre and crashed, hitting vehicles on the A27 road adjacent to the airport. The pilot, Andy Hill, was critically injured but survived. As a result of the accident, all civilian-registered Hawker Hunter aircraft in the United Kingdom were grounded, and restrictions were put in place on civilian vintage jet aircraft displays over land, limiting them to high-level flypasts and banning aerobatic manoeuvres.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
The official investigation by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch concluded that the crash resulted from pilot error. In 2018, Hill was charged with eleven counts of manslaughter by gross negligence and one count of endangering an aircraft. He was found not guilty on all counts on 8 March 2019. The organisers of the Shoreham Airshow denied any responsibility for the crash. An inquest into the deaths of the victims was scheduled to be held in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a 1950s two-seat Hawker Hunter T7, registration G-BXFI serial 41H-670815, displaying its former military serial number WV372 as part of its livery. Having first flown for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in July 1955, it was rebuilt following a fire, returning to service in 1959 after conversion to T7 specification. It had been making civilian display flights as a warbird since 1998, under a variety of owners. At the time of the accident, it was owned by Graham Peacock, and based at North Weald Airfield, Essex. The aircraft had flown to Shoreham from North Weald and was scheduled to return there after the display.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aircraft and crew
Andy Hill, the 51-year-old pilot, was described by colleagues as experienced, with more than 12,000 flight hours. He had worked as a captain at British Airways. He had flown Hawker Siddeley Harriers and worked as an instructor for the RAF before joining the airline. As well as the Hawker Hunter, he flew a Van's RV-8 and a BAC Jet Provost at airshows.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Airshow
The aircraft was taking part in the first day of the two-day Shoreham Airshow, held in aid of the Royal Air Forces Association. The conditions were hot and sunny, with a crosswind up to 15 knots, described as not unusual for Shoreham by the local media.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Airshow
The Hunter had been opening the afternoon session of displays; the morning programme up to 12:30 BST (11:30 UTC) had already featured The Blades aerobatic team (opening), Justyn Gorman Aerobatics, an AutoGyro Calidus, the Tiger 9 Aeronautical Display Team (six aircraft only), a Pitts Special, The Twister aerobatic team (one aircraft only), an RAF Tutor, and the RAF Falcons parachute display team.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Crash
The Hunter commenced its display with a low pass along the runway from south to north, turning for a second pass in the opposite direction. As it neared the airport, it pulled up into an inside loop. This manoeuvre started from a height of 200 feet (60 m), which leading aviation expert David Learmount later said "left no room for misjudgement".


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Crash
The loop should have been started at a height of 500 feet (150 m) and a speed of at least 350 knots (650 km/h), attaining a height of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) and 150 knots (280 km/h) at the top of the loop. Only 2,700 feet (820 m) and 105 knots (194 km/h) were achieved from an initial entry speed of 310 knots (570 km/h).


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Crash
Before it could complete the loop, the aircraft crashed in a nose-high attitude onto the west-bound carriageway of the A27 road. The aircraft broke into four parts on impact: cockpit, left wing and main body, tail, and right wing, destroying several cars in the process. Fuel escaping from the fuel tanks ignited in a large fireball and plume of smoke immediately following the impact. The crash occurred at 13:22 BST (12:22 UTC). The first fire appliance arrived at the scene within 90 seconds of the crash. Footage of the accident was captured by spectators, as well as a dashcam mounted in a car that was travelling towards the crash site.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Casualties
Eleven people on the ground were killed and sixteen others were injured. Those confirmed dead included two players from Worthing United F.C., a level 9 team in English football. Eight vehicles were destroyed in the crash, including a Daimler DS420 limousine which was en route to collect a bride to transport her to church for her wedding. The driver of the Daimler was subsequently confirmed as one of the victims.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Casualties
Hill, the pilot, was thrown clear of the aircraft in his ejection seat, which was live when the aircraft departed from North Weald. He survived the crash with serious injuries. He was flown to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in nearby Brighton; his condition was described as critical and he was said to be fighting for his life. He was subsequently placed in a medically-induced coma. He was released from hospital in September 2015.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Casualties
After a thorough area search of the crash site, all the recovered components of the aircraft were taken to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) facility at Farnborough, Hampshire, for examination.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Response
A de Havilland Sea Vixen was already airborne ready to perform the next display after the Hunter; instead it flew overhead at altitude and departed to the north. With an Avro Vulcan due half an hour later at 14:05, it was decided to let it perform a tribute flypast, after which the show was closed. All the aircraft at the airport were already grounded due to the lack of fire cover and the creation of an exclusion zone around the accident site.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Response
Following the crash, the A27 was closed in both directions, stranding those attending the airshow who had travelled by road. People were unable to leave the site initially, but after a while measures were put in place to allow visitors to leave on foot, as the main access from the car parks to the A27 was closed. A West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service appliance was first on scene, closely followed by the airport emergency vehicles, and medical personnel from the British Red Cross, who were providing medical cover at the airshow. The second day of the air show on 23 August was cancelled. The A27 reopened on 30 August 2015.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Response
Adur and Worthing Councils (Shoreham Airport is within Adur District) set up online and physical books of condolence. Together with West Sussex County Council they also opened a charitable fund to support victims of the accident, to be administered by the Sussex Community Foundation, a registered charity.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Accident, Response
In March 2017, Adur District Council announced that a series of sculptures were to be placed along the banks of the River Adur as a memorial to the victims of the accident. In May 2019, a permanent memorial was erected near the Shoreham Tollbridge.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
The airshow at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, which took place the following weekend, opened with "a pause for thought" for those who died at Shoreham. The Clacton airshow takes place over the sea, similar to the Bournemouth Airshow which took place the same weekend as the accident and ran for both days.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
On 24 August 2015, the CAA imposed restrictions on "vintage jet aircraft" performing over land at airshows until further notice, reducing displays to flypasts only. In addition, all Hawker Hunters on the United Kingdom civil aircraft register were grounded until further notice, although military-registered Hunters were not affected. The restrictions were to remain in place until the completion of the investigation into the accident, and a wider review of safety at airshows was to be undertaken by the CAA. In January 2016, the CAA brought in stricter requirements for airshows in the United Kingdom.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
The grounding of civilian Hunters was lifted on 6 July 2017; however, aircraft would be subject to enhanced maintenance and inspection regimes before a permit to fly would be granted. The ban on Hawker Hunter and other jet aircraft on the United Kingdom civil register performing aerobatic manoeuvres remained in place. On 1 March 2018, the CAA lifted its ban on straight-wing ex-military jet aircraft from performing aerobatics at airshows, with a ban on swept-wing aircraft remaining in place.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
The airshow scheduled to be held at Durham Tees Valley Airport on 29 August 2015 was postponed. Organisers stated that the new regulations in place would have "severely limited" some of the displays of the jet aircraft. The airshow would have been the first in the area since 1989; it took place in 2016.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
Other air shows on the following weekend were not postponed but some displays were altered to match the CAA restrictions, including the Wings and Wheels display at Dunsfold Aerodrome where a one-minute silent tribute to the victims was held before the start of the air display.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
As of February 2020, no further Shoreham Airshow has taken place or been announced.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
The 2016 Llandudno Airshow was cancelled, due to a lack of time to make changes in light of new regulations introduced by the CAA. For the 2016 Farnborough Airshow, the Red Arrows performed a flypast rather than an aerobatic display, stating that the latter would not be appropriate in the aftermath of the Shoreham accident.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
In August 2016, it was reported that the aircraft's owners had admitted liability for the accident in late 2015. Two claims for compensation had been settled with a third in the final stages of settlement.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath
In March 2019 it was announced that the public flying days at the Farnborough Airshow would not continue. "Negative and vitriolic feedback" following the 2018 airshow, falling visitor numbers and tighter regulations introduced in the wake of the crash at Shoreham – which made it impossible for exhibitors such as the Red Arrows to perform aerobatics close to populated areas – were given as factors that contributed towards the decision. Farnborough would be a five-day trade show, with public admittance on the Friday only.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath, Inquest
A coroner's inquest was opened on 2 September in Horsham, West Sussex. After the naming of all the victims and a minute's silence, the inquest was adjourned until 22 March 2016. On 22 March, a date was set for a pre-inquest review on 19 September. It was revealed that the police had applied to the High Court for permission to obtain evidence relevant to the investigation from the AAIB. A full hearing was proposed to take place in March 2017. In September 2016, it was reported that a second pre-inquest review had been set for 21 November.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath, Inquest
A further pre-inquest review hearing was set for 17 March 2017. This was later rescheduled to 20 June. At the pre-inquest hearing, Sussex Police stated that its investigation was 95% complete. It intended to submit a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which would decide whether or not a prosecution would take place. It was intended that the inquest would be held during 2018, but any criminal prosecution would further delay it. In October 2017, the Coroner stated that she had been updated by Sussex Police on 29 September, with a further update due on 30 November.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath, Inquest
A third pre-inquest hearing had been scheduled for 24 January 2018 with the full inquest in September 2018, barring any prosecution, in which case the inquest would be postponed. This pre-inquest hearing was postponed to 26 March as the CPS informed the Coroner that it would not be able to make a decision on whether or not the pilot would face any charges by the scheduled date of 24 January. Due to the prosecution of Hill, the inquest was postponed. Once the trial had ended, a pre-inquest review was scheduled for 8 April 2019.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Aftermath, Inquest
The review was held on 29 January 2020. The date for the inquest, which is scheduled to last for six weeks, was set as September 2020. The inquest will be held without a jury: the senior coroner Penelope Schofield ruled that the public interest can be better served by herself sitting alone. In May 2020, it was announced that the inquest would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to allow families of the deceased to attend the inquest in person.