§ Mr. Perkinsasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the German night-mail plane recently crashed at Croydon with the loss of three lives; whether the fire engine at Croydon airport was ready; whether any difficulty was experienced in starting it; and whether it was equipped with the full complement of fire-fighting and crash equipment, including asbestos equipment, in accordance with regulations necessary for a Class I aerodrome?
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§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThe engine of the fire engine was running when the German night mail plane taxied off from the tarmac, and was still running when the crash occurred. The fire engine was equipped with the full complement of fire-fighting and crash equipment, including certain items of asbestos equipment, in accordance with the regulations for a Class I aerodrome.