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Red Arrows and Typhoon fighter jets grounded over ejector seat safety fears

Red Arrows in an arrow formation moving from right to left with blue and red smoke behind.
RAF Red Arrows scream across the sky in Peterhead. Picture by Scott Baxter/ DC Thomson.

The Red Arrows jets have been cleared after being grounded over ejector seat safety concerns – while non-essential Typhoon activity remains paused.

All non-essential flying was paused by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a safety precaution after being notified of the technical issue yesterday.

It was thought the issue could potentially affect the safe operation of ejector seats in the Red Arrows and Typhoon aircrafts.

This comes after the Red Arrows delivered a special fly-past display for Peterhead’s Scottish Week on Wednesday.

The jets streamed red and blue across the skies over Peterhead, dazzling crowds. Picture by Scott Baxter.

Hundreds gathered in the Buchan town to watch the world-famous Aerobatic Display Team take to the skies for the ninth year.

After inspections over the course of the day, the Red Arrows were cleared to resume activity yesterday.

The Red Arrows have been cleared and can resume activity. Picture by Scott Baxter.

However, the Typhoon warplanes have not been cleared and are still grounded today as a safety precaution.

An RAF spokesman said: “After further detailed technical investigations, we are pleased to announce that the Red Arrows have been cleared to resume activity immediately.

“Non-essential flying for Typhoon remains paused as a temporary safety precaution. This will have no impact on our operational security, with our patrol flight commitments to UK and Nato being met.”

RAF Typhoon aircraft at RAF Lossiemouth. Picture by Peter Jolly/Shutterstock (9321396c).

Four Typhoon squadrons are based at RAF Lossiemouth, which is one of two RAF quick reaction alert stations protecting the UK airspace.

The spokesman stressed that quick reaction alert flying from the Moray station will be unaffected by the Typhoons being grounded.

On Monday, the RAF confirmed the pause on flying Typhoons has been lifted.

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