The pilot of the Hawker Hunter jet that crashed onto the A27 killing 11 men in 2015, has challenged the coroner's verdict of unlawful killing, made just before Christmas.
Andrew Hill, who spent a month in hospital following the crash, was cleared of gross negligence manslaughter by a judge at the Old Bailey in 2019, following a seven-week trial.
However, a coroner's inquest held in Horsham in December 2022 concluded that each man "was unlawfully killed when a Hawker Hunter T7 aircraft crashed while attempting an incorrectly flown looping manoeuvre".
Coroner Penelope Schofield added:
"Eleven innocent lives were cruelly lost on 22 August 2015. Lives that were cut way too short."
"This was not a close or difficult judgment call."
"Even experienced pilots on the ground could see (the plane) was too low.
"The poor position of the plane in the sky was a further significant error - this plane should not have been lined up with a dual carriageway."
Addressing the condition that Mr Hill was in, she said:
"The pilot appeared conscious throughout. The aircraft responded to the pilot's control inputs.
"The pilot either did not perceive that an escape manoeuvre was necessary or did not realise that one was possible at the speed achieved at the apex of the manoeuvre.
"There was no evidence of any G-related impairment of the pilot during the aerobatic sequence flown.
"The G-force experienced by the pilot during the manoeuvre was probably not a factor in the crash."
In 2019, Mr Hill said he had no memory of what happened on August 22, 2015, but believes he must have been 'cognitively impaired or disorientated to have made such a catastrophic mistake' to crash his 1950s jet onto a busy dual carriageway.
The 2022 coroner's inquest would have marked the end of the public ordeal for the families of the victims, however the High Court will now need to make a decision on whether to go ahead with Mr Hill's appeal.
The BBC has reported that Mr Hill cited damage to his reputation as the reason for appealing against the coroner's decision.
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