§ 35. Mr. Derek Pageasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to encourage the use of safer jet fuels by airlines using British airfields.
§ Mr. MasonIn 1962 a Departmental Committee concluded that the properties of kerosene made it a safer fuel for turbine-engined aircraft than wide-cut gasoline. The Committee's Report was circulated to the International Civil Aviation Organisation and to administrations and airlines abroad. It was not completely accepted internationally, but kerosene is used by all British operators of such aircraft, and I understand that only 3 foreign operators of these aircraft now take on wide-cut gasoline from airports in this country. I do not think that any further steps are practicable at this time.