§ 7. Mr. Perkinsasked the Minister of Civil Aviation what action he is taking following the recommendations of the French Inspectorate General who investigated the accident to the British Overseas Airways Corporation Hermes aircraft G-ALIN in Mauritania on 26th May, 1952.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe recommendations made in the French accident report to Hermes G-ALDN in Mauritania have been studied in my Department and are, in the main, acceptable.
They require discussion, however, with various other interested authorities such as the Air Registration Board, the operators, the pilots' associations and the French authorities. These discussions are now proceeding but, in the meantime, a requirement has been introduced for the carriage of flight navigators on the Tripoli—Kano route.