Shoreham air crash pre-inquests review held

A review was held today into the deaths of 11 people who died in the Shoreham air crash.

West Sussex Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield received an update on the current investigations by Sussex Police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

No evidence was heard at the pre-inquests review, which is an administrative hearing.

The Coroner set the date for a second pre-inquests review to take place on Monday 19 September at Parkside in Horsham and indicated that the full inquests are likely to take place in March 2017.

The 11 who died in the air crash were:

Maurice  Rex Abrahams, 76 of Brighton
Dylan Archer, 42 of Brighton
Anthony David Brightwell, 53 of Hove
Matthew Grimstone, 23 of Brighton
Matthew Wesley Jones, 24 of Littlehampton
James Graham Mallinson, 72 of Newick
Daniele Gaetano Polito, 23 of Goring by Sea
Mark Alexander Reeves, 53 of Seaford
Jacob Henry Schilt, 23 of Brighton
Richard Jonathan Smith, 26 of Hove
Mark James Trussler, 54 of Worthing

They were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed during a display at the Shoreham Airshow on Saturday 22 August, 2015.

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