Shoreham air crash victims unlawfully killed, coroner concludeson December 20, 2022 at 2:48 pm

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Eleven men died when a jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the 2015 Shoreham Airshow.

Shoreham air crashImage source, Steve Parsons/PA

Eleven men who died when a jet crashed on a dual carriageway during an air show were unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded.

The men died when a Hawker Hunter plane crashed on the A27 in West Sussex as it carried out a stunt at the Shoreham Airshow on 22 August 2015.

Coroner Penelope Schofield said the plane crashing was “a result of the manner in which it was flown”.

The victims played “no part” in causing their own deaths, she told the inquest in Horsham.

A series of errors were serious enough to reach a conclusion, on the balance of probabilities, that the men had been killed as a result of gross negligence manslaughter, she added.

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