Overview
- Georgie Buxton, a 23-year-old Virgin Atlantic aircraft technician, was injured at Heathrow on 11 June and died at St Mary’s Hospital on 7 July after surgeries failed to save him.
- Senior coroner Lydia Brown opened an inquest at West London Coroner’s Court on 30 July and adjourned it while the criminal probe continues.
- A forensic post-mortem recorded craniofacial trauma and described Buxton's injury as a traumatic brain injury.
- The Metropolitan Police have launched a criminal investigation in cooperation with the Health and Safety Executive and Virgin Atlantic says it is cooperating and supporting the family and staff.
- Some outlets have reported details such as machinery collapse or a fuel-tank explosion and that the aircraft has been taken out of service, but those specific mechanistic claims are not confirmed by the coroner, police, or the airline.