§ Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Aviation if he will provide figures show-
* A notifiable accident is one in which any person suffers death or where the aircraft receives substantial damage, i.e., damage which necessitates replacement or extensive repair to any major component, between the time when any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and the time when all the persons have disembarked from it. Year British Overseas Airways Corporation British European Airways Independent Operators All British Operators 1959 … 5 6 7 18† 1960 … 5 5 10 20 1961 … 1 4 7 12† 1962 … 2 1 6 9† 1963 … 0 6 7 13 1964 (up to 10th March) … 0 0 1 1 13 22 38 73 † In each of the years 1959, 1961 and 1962 there was one notifiable accident, in addition to the figures shown above, involving a British registered aircraft operated by a foreign airline.