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.
An official from the company which made the ejector seat used by Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham has told an inquest into his death the firm should have warned the RAF not to over-tighten a vital nut.
The inquest heard that seat manufacturers Martin Baker only warned some of its customers that if a nut was too tight the ejector seat chute was likely to fail.
The RAF was not told.
Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham from Coventry died when his ejector seat activated on the ground at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in 2011.
The inquest continues on Thursday.
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