§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many air accidents involving United Kingdom-registered airlines were reported for the last decade for which figures are available; and what the comparable accident level was for airlines registered in(a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Germany.[R] [140093]
§ Mr. McNultyThe following table sets out the number of total loss accidents for the United Kingdom, German and Irish airlines contained in the Airclaims CASE database for the period 1 January 1993 to 1 December 2002. The CASE database has been used as neither the Department nor the Civil Aviation 1443W Authority hold details of accidents involving German and Irish Airlines. A total loss accident is one in which the aircraft is damaged beyond economic repair.
Total Loss Accidents for the Period 1 January 1993 to 1 January 2003 Passenger Aircraft >5700kg mtwa Operations Aircrafr >5700kg mtwa Cargo Aircraft 5700kg mtwa Operation Aricraft >5700kg mtwa UK airlines 1 5 1 7 German airlines 1 5 1 1 Irish airlines 0 0 0 0 mtwa = maximum total weight authorised
These figures are not directly comparable because of differences in other factors such as the number of hours flown.