An ejector seat firm will be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the death of a Red Arrows pilot in 2011.
Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, 35, was injured after being ejected from a Hawk T1 jet while on the ground at RAF Scampton.
The parachute on the ejector seat did not deploy and the South African-born airman died in hospital on 8 November.
The HSE will prosecute Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd for an alleged breach of health and safety law.
An ejector seat firm has admitted breaching health and safety laws over the death of a Red Arrows pilot.
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Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd pleaded guilty at Lincoln Crown Court to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Company director John Martin entered the plea on behalf of the Uxbridge-based company.
The firm will be sentenced on 12 February.
