§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the report, published by his Accidents Investigation Branch on 18th February, 1972, on the crash of the Dan Air Comet 4, G-APDN, in the Sierra Del Montseny, Spain, on 3rd July, 1970.
§ Mr. NobleThe report published on 18th February is a translation of the official Spanish report into this accident, to which I referred in my answer to the hon. Member on 17th November last.
I accept the view expressed in the report that errors were made in the aircraft and on the ground. As regards the recommendations, my flight operations inspectors will continue to give attention to the navigational procedures used by British airlines; the procedures for radar identification of aircraft are being reviewed. but it is considered that the incorporation of spot heights on en route radio navigation charts would be of doubtful practical value.—[Vol. 826, c. 151.]