§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the crash of a United States Air Force A10 aircraft at Bank farm, Benwick, on 17 April; and whether the aircraft was carrying weapons, including bombs.
§ Mr. NeubertAs I told the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) on 24 April at column365 an A-10 aircraft crashed on 17 April 1989 during a routine training flight on open farmland one mile south of Benwick, Cambridgeshire. The pilot was killed. The aircraft was equipped with a GAU-7 anti-tank gun and practice ammunition.