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Cockpit camera shows 'no abnormalities' with Shoreham crash plane

Footage from cockpit cameras in the jet which crashed during the Shoreham airshow killing 11 people revealed there were "no abnormal indications" during the flight.

The aircraft also "appeared to be responding to the pilot's control inputs", according to an initial report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

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Coroner to hold 'full and fearless' inquiry into air crash

The coroner said she will conduct a 'full and fearless inquiry' into the Shoreham air disaster that killed 11 people. Credit: PA

A coroner opened the inquest into the Shoreham air disaster today and said she will hold a "full and fearless inquiry" into the tragedy.

Opening the inquest at the County Hall North in Horsham, West Sussex, senior coroner, Penelope Schofield, confirmed the names of the 11 victims of the August 22 crash and led a minute's silence.

I will conduct and full and fearless inquiry as the law requires but as you can imagine this will take time for the various agencies to report to me.

Many people have been affected by the tragic events on August 22 and my thoughts are primarily with the families.

– West Sussex senior coroner, Penelope Schofield

As inquiries continue by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, Ms Schofield adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.

A pre-inquest review will be held on March 22 and Ms Schofield said she would provisionally set the full inquest into all the deaths next June.

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