A coroner has criticised the manufacturer of an ejector seat which led to the death of a Red Arrows pilot. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, who was 35 and from Coventry, died in November 2011 at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
RAF bosses approved £1million a year extra spending on the Red Arrows within weeks of the death of a pilot from Coventry, an inquest has heard today.
Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died when he was ejected from a plane at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
A senior engineer told the inquest that a colleague had identified the squadron was 38 engineers short. A meeting to increase manpower took place in the week after the pilot's death.
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