HC Deb 22 July 1936 vol 315 c461W
Mr. V. ADAMS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the German reply to the inquiry of His Majesty's Government regarding the flight of the airship "Hindenburg" over British soil?

Sir P. SASSOON

The German Air Ministry state that the normal route selected for the flights of the "Hindenburg" across the North Atlantic Ocean avoids British territory and that it has been impressed on the Zeppelin Company that British territory may be crossed only in case of emergency.