TRIBUTES will be paid at Clacton Airshow to those who lost their lives in the tragic plane crash at Shoreham, which left 11 people dead.

The airshow, which takes place Thursday and Friday, has been given the all-clear by the Civil Aviation Authority without any changes to its flight programme.

The announcement comes as a host of air shows have been forced to alter their schedules after the aviation regulator introduced tough new restrictions following Saturday’s horrific disaster at Shoreham in West Sussex.

The Civil Aviation Authority has banned "vintage jets", which is believed to mean jets built before the mid-1960s, from carrying out high-energy acrobatics after the Hawker Hunter jet exploded in a fireball on the A27, killing 11 people.

The Clacton two-day event is organised by Tendring Council and communications manager Nigel Brown said it has been a difficult decision to make on exactly how to pay tribute.

“We have been considering a whole number of different things over the past few days - but somehow they did not seem appropriate,” he said.

“We have to remember this was not a pilot or a display team which lost their lives, they were members of the public who were going about their everyday business.

“It is important that whatever we do does not make family and friends’ suffering any worse than it already is.”

Mr Brown, who is part of the organising team, said that a minutes’ silence would not work with so many people spread out over such a large area on the town’s seafront.

“The decision is to have the commentator pay tribute to all those who died – or were affected in other way – by what happened at Shoreham,” he added.

“It will also give those attending the Clacton Airshow the opportunity to pay their respects and perhaps spend a moment or two reflecting on that horrific and very sad incident.”