RAF Cosford Air Show to face tougher safety checks after Shoreham jet crash

Measures include "enhancing" the experience, skill and health that display pilots must demonstrate before being allowed in the air.

The regulator has also toughened the safety checks that must be passed before organisers receive permission to hold an event.

Eleven people were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the Shoreham air show on August 22 2015.

The jet had previously flown at Cosford Air Show, in 2006. Since then, Hawker Hunters have appeared at the annual show at least six times.

The pilot of the plane, Andy Hill, had also flown at Cosford – taking to the skies in the Vulcan in 2013.

This year's Cosford show will take place on June 19. Organisers have not commented on the new rules following Shoreham.

Steps taken in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy – such as grounding all Hawker Hunter aircraft and banning ex-military jets from performing aerobatics over land – remain in place until the conclusion of an air accident report into what caused the crash.

The CAA's head of general aviation, Tony Rapson, said: "After the tragic accident at Shoreham air show last summer, we began a thorough review, examining every aspect of civil air display safety.

"We are announcing a series of measures that will enhance the safety of UK air shows. Alongside these measures, the restrictions we introduced immediately after the Shoreham accident remain in place.

"In 2016, no air show will go ahead without being subject to an enhanced risk assessment, and having to comply with tighter requirements for training, oversight and notification."

The CAA is set to publish a comprehensive review into civil air displays "in early 2016" in a bid to ensure the events meet the "very highest safety standards".

This year's Shoreham air show has been cancelled out of respect for those affected by last year's disaster.

Pilot Andrew Hill, 51, from Hertfordshire, was voluntarily interviewed under caution by police in connection with the accident.

He was thrown clear from the 1955 fighter-bomber and suffered life-threatening injuries but was discharged from hospital in September.

Former RAF pilot Jim Morris, who is a specialist aviation lawyer at Irwin Mitchell representing several people affected by the crash, said: "

We welcome the CAA's decision to introduce enhanced safety standards to protect the public.

"But it is a matter of deep regret that it has taken such a terrible event before the CAA has decided to introduce these more stringent safety requirements."