1976 - 2011
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1975
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| Died |
8th November, 2011
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| Place of Death |
RAF Scampton
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| Occupation Text |
Pilot
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| Occupation |
Aviator
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| Year(s) Active |
2000-2011, 2000–2011
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham (1976 – 8 November 2011) was a Royal Air Force pilot on the Red Arrows aerobatics display team, who died when his ejection seat initiated whilst the aircraft he was in was stationary on the ground and he was conducting pre-flight checks. The incident occurred at the Red Arrows' former home base, RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, England. The initiation of the ejection seat was assumed to have been accidental. The parachute on the seat did not deploy and Cunningham fell, still strapped to the seat, 220 feet (67 m) to his death 217 feet (66 m) away from the motionless aircraft. In January 2018, in the prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive, Martin-Baker, the manufacturers of the seat, pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety law regarding Cunningham's death. On 23 February 2018, Martin-Baker were fined £1.1 million.
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