§ 16. Mr. SIMMONDSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of persons killed in this country during the last three years while flying in aircraft bearing a British-validated foreign certificate of airworthiness; and what proportion of these deaths was due to mechanical or structural failure?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)During the last three years there has been one fatal accident in this country to an aircraft with a British-validated foreign certificate of airworthiness; this accident involved six deaths and was due to structural failure.
§ Mr. SIMMONDSDoes not the Under-Secretary think that this matter should be investigated because these validated certificates tend to bring our own certificates into disrepute?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThere has been only one accident in three years and the whole report upon it has been published.