§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish statistics showing how the safety record of British airlines compares with those of other members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
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§ Mr. NobleFollowing is the information:—
ACCIDENT RATES† ON SCHEDULED *PASSENGER SERVICES OF BRITISH AIRLINES AND OF AIRLINES OF OTHER CONTRACTING STATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION IN THE FIVE YEARS 1965–1969 British Airlines Airlines of Contracting States of ICAO (excluding United Kingdom) Passengers killed per 100 million passenger miles 0.63 0.53 Fatal accidents per 100 million aircraft miles 0.83 0.95 Fatal accidents per 100 thousand aircraft hours 0.25 0.31 Fatal accidents per 100 thousand stage flights 0.35 0.37 * ICAO do not yet collect statistics from which accident rates on non-scheduled services can be calculated. † A fatal accident is an occurrence, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time when any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and such time as all persons have disembarked, in which any person suffers death while in or upon the aircraft or by direct contact with the aircraft or anything attached thereto.