HC Deb 19 December 1960 vol 632 c113W
86. Mr. J. Howard

asked the Minister of Aviation what were the circumstances which caused the pilot of his aircraft to land at Hum Airport on 2nd December, instead of at Southampton, Eastleigh airport as scheduled.

Mr. Thorneycroft

The pilot decided not to go to Eastleigh after dark because of the surface conditions reported there on that particular day. I, in fact, landed at Eastleigh a few weeks earlier.