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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

RAF Red Arrows and Typhoon planes grounded over 'faulty ejector seats'

Red Arrows jets and Typhoon warplanes are only being used for essential flying due to a safety problem with their ejector seats.

They were grounded as checks were carried out into the "technical issue", which it was feared "may affect the safe operation" of the ejector seats, the RAF said.

The Red Arrows was forced to cancel a display at the Farnborough Air Show, but was given the all-clear late on Friday.

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