00:04georgie buxton was one of two virgin airlines technicians who were examining a fuel leak on a boeing seven eight
00:12seven nine hundred on the eleventh of june at around eight forty five a m
00:17a spokesman for aviation policing told the court both technicians wore breathing apparatus to protect them from any residual fuel
00:27fumes while inside the fuel tank they were supported by three colleagues during that task
00:33the spokesman said there was a non-combustion explosion while mr buxton was inside the fuel tank he added georgie
00:42buxton took the impact of that explosion
00:44to his head and torso causing him to lose consciousness and suffer catastrophic injury his colleague who was in another
00:52part of the fuel tank and avoided injury managed to move mr buxton from the tank onto the platform stairs
00:59they were using the courts heard how mr buxton was an aircraft technician for virgin atlantic based at heifer airport
01:07having previously worked in the same role for ryan air the aviation policing spokesman described the now
01:13live criminal investigation as being at a very early stage and looking into very serious and complex matters the coroner
01:22said she had no details of any potential charges
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