Coroner apologises for families’ seven-year wait for Shoreham Airshow inquest

The inquest into the 11 deaths was originally opened on September 2 2015 but was adjourned in 2018 due to the criminal trial of pilot, Andrew Hill.

Eleven men were killed in the Shoreham Airshow crash (Sussex Police/CPS/PA)

A coroner has apologised to the families of 11 men who were killed in the Shoreham Airshow tragedy for their seven-year wait for answers.

West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield expressed her “deepest regret” that the ordeal endured by relatives of those who died had been “added to” by delays to the inquest.