§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many accidents there were in which deceased air crew were found guilty of gross negligence in aircraft that were not fitted with cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders since 1980; and what proportion of accidents involving military aircraft this represented. [108491]
§ Mr. SpellarThere was one such accident: the RAF Chinook HC2 which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994. This represents one such finding in approximately 550 military aircraft accidents.