§ Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish details of the incident involving a pilotless aircraft which crashed on land near his Department's range on Cardigan bay at about 1800 hours on 14 May; whether his Department has launched an inquiry into the cause of the incident; and if he will publish its results.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleA Jindivik unmanned aircraft crashed on its approach to the Defence Research Agency's Llanbedr airfield following a routine operational sortie. Debris resulting from the crash hit a car occupied by two people, one of whom sustained superficial injuries. A local board of inquiry has been set up by the aerospace division of the Defence Research Agency, the results of which will be published in the form of a military aircraft accident summary in due course.