Officials have indicated that an investigation into the crash could take weeks, but a MoD spokesman also said that an interim report was expected in days. The incident is now the Subject of a Military Aviation Authority investigation, which has no time limit.
A post-mortem examination that was carried out on 33-year-old Egging after his body was found near the river Stour, revealing that death was caused by multiple injuries.
After joining the RAF in 2000, Flt Lt Egging served with IV (AC) Squadron, based at RAF Cottesmore, flying the Harrier GR9 in support of coalition forces in Afghanistan.
The Red Arrrows dual control BAE Systems Hawk T1 has been used by them since 1979, before which they used the Folland Gnat.
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| The plane plunged into a field near the river Stour - BBC |
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