Ejector seat manufacturer fined more than £1m after Red Arrows death
An ejector seat manufacturer has been fined more than £1m following the death of a pilot from the RAF’s world famous Red Arrows aerobatics team.
Lincoln Crown Court heard that the ejection seat used by Flt Lt Sean Cunningham as he tried to evacuate from his Hawk aircraft had been made by Martin Baker Aircraft Company.
Flt Lt Cunningham, who was from Coventry, died from injuries sustained in the incident, which happened on November 8, 2011 as the Red Arrows team was preparing to take off from their home base at RAF Scampton, L... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
