§ Mr. Eadieasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the statistics for the 246W number of fatal accidents in relation to the number of passenger miles flown by British European Airways, the British Overseas Airways Corporation, and British independent airline operators since 1958.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThe following is the information:—
B.O.A.C. Year Passengers killed Million Passenger miles Passengers killed per 100 million Passenger miles 1958 … Nil 1,417 Nil 1959 … Nil 1,925 Nil 1960 … Nil 2,339 Nil 1961 … Nil 3,090 Nil 1962 … 1 3,119 0.03 1963 … Nil 3,411 Nil 1964 … Nil 3,967 Nil 1965 … Nil 4,596 Nil 1966 … 113 5,041 2.24
B.E.A. Year Passengers killed Million Passenger miles Passengers killed per 100 million Passenger miles 1958 … 26 961 2.71 1959 … Nil 1,131 Nil 1960 … Nil 1,352 Nil 1961 … 20 1,500 1.33 1962 … Nil 1,667 Nil 1963 … Nil 1,887 Nil 1964 … Nil 2,212 Nil 1965 … 30 2,480 1.21 1966 … Nil 3,616 Nil
INDEPENDENT AIRLINES Year Passengers killed Million Passenger miles Passengers killed per 100 million Passenger miles 1958 … Nil 186 Nil 1959 … Nil 215 Nil 1960 … Nil 272 Nil 1961 … 67 1,450 4.62 1962 … 110 1,664 6.61 1963 … Nil 1,900 Nil 1964 … 75 2,576 2.91 1965 … 23 3,144 0.73 1966 … 91 4,219 2.16 Note
Statistics of passenger miles flown on non-scheduled operations are not available before 1961. For the years 1958, 1959 and 1960 the figures above relate to scheduled activity only. During this period there were 3 fatal aircraft accidents on non-scheduled passenger services:—
1958 … 21 passengers killed (B.E.A.) 35 passengers killed (Independents) 1959 … 29 passengers killed (Independents)