ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139729
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Date: | Tuesday 8 November 2011 |
Time: | 11:09 |
Type: | BAe Hawk T1 |
Owner/operator: | Red Arrows RAF |
Registration: | XX177 |
MSN: | 312024/024 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, EGXP |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A pilot of the RAF - Red Arrows display team rushed to Lincoln County Hospital with life-threatening injuries after the ejection seat was activated accidentally and the parachute failed to deploy properly.
The accident happened when the aircraft was standing on the ground at RAF Scampton - EGXP.
Terrible sad news that the pilot (Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham - Red 5) died in hospital of his injuries.
In January 2018, Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd (the manufacturer of the aircraft's ejector seat) pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15655865 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25943211 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42773834 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059004/Red-Arrows-accident-Pilot-Sean-Cunningham-killed-RAF-Scampton.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059327/Red-Arrows-incident-Jets-grounded-RAF-launches-safety-probe-pilot-death.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548135/Coroner-slams-ejector-seat-manufacturer-failing-warn-RAF-defects-led-death-Red-Arrows-pilot.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5297343/Ejection-manufacturer-guilty-Red-Arrows-pilot-death.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/26/ejector-seat-maker-to-be-prosecuted-red-arrows-pilots-death-sean-cunningham https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/22/red-arrows-ejector-seat-safety-breach-pilot-death https://news.sky.com/story/ejector-seat-maker-pleads-guilty-over-red-arrows-pilots-death-11218231 https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/ https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/ https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-into-the-accident-involving-hawk-tmk1-xx177 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Nov-2011 09:20 |
RobertMB |
Added |
08-Nov-2011 10:06 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Registration, Cn] |
08-Nov-2011 10:39 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
09-Nov-2011 09:58 |
BRC |
Updated [Narrative] |
09-Nov-2011 12:11 |
MarkStep |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
09-Sep-2012 12:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
06-Jan-2013 14:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
30-Jan-2014 07:37 |
MarkStep |
Updated [Source] |
12-Aug-2014 07:24 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Source] |
24-Jan-2018 12:32 |
MarkStep |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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