HC Deb 18 April 1969 vol 781 cc316-7W
Sir R. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has identified the origin of a piece of metal tubing which crashed from a great height on to a workshop in Sudbury, Wembley, in Easter week and narrowly missed a young man.

Mr. William Rodgers

Officials of the Board of Trade have examined the metal tubing and, while they have not been able positively to identify its origin, it resembles part of a discarded industrial or domestic fire extinguisher and not part of an aircraft. We have no evidence that the object fell from a great height.

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