BBC1_Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) 23Feb18 - ejection seat firm fined £1.1m following death of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham

Christine Williams 2018-02-23

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BBC1_Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) 23Feb18 - ejection seat firm fined £1.1m following death of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham

Timeline of events:

8 November 2011: Flt Lt Sean Cunningham died after being ejected from a Hawk T1 jet while on the ground at the Red Arrows base at RAF Scampton

9 November 2011: The day after his death, the MOD suspended training flights of aircraft fitted with the MK10 ejection seats including Hawk T1, Tornado and Tucano

22 November 2011: An inquest, which opened and adjourned in Lincoln, heard the Red Arrows pilot died from multiple injuries after being ejected from an aircraft. The coroner's court was told he fell from a height and had hit the ground, still strapped to his seat

December 2011: The funeral of Flt Lt Cunningham was held at Coventry Cathedral, attended by 800 mourners including RAF personnel. The halted flights were resumed

March 2013: The Crown Prosecution Service said it would review the pilot's death after Lincolnshire Police handed over a file of evidence

April 2013: Prosecutor Alison Storey said no charges would be brought over the fatality because there had been insufficient evidence on whether anyone had breached their duty of care

January 2014: Coroner Stuart Fisher recorded a narrative verdict after a three-week inquest into Flt Lt Cunningham's death

September 2016: The Health and Safety Executive said it would prosecute Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd for an alleged breach of health and safety law

January 2017: The ejection seat firm appeared in court charged with a breach of health and safety law

May 2017: Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd pleaded not guilty at Lincoln Crown Court to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

January 2018: Company director John Martin pleads guilty to charges on behalf of the Buckinghamshire-based company

23 February 2018: Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd fined £1.1m.

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