§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will make a statement on the incident in which a civil Piper Aztec aircraft was hazarded in a mid-air collision off the east coast of England on 7th January 1976.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisAt about 21.25 hours on 7th January a Piper Aztec air taxi aircraft carrying passengers from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Humberside in Lincolnshire was in collision with a Royal Air Force Lightning aircraft at about 6,000 ft over the North Sea, some 55 miles from the English coast. The port wing tip of the Aztec was buckled but damage to the Lightning was confined to paint smears and minor marks. No one was injured and both aircraft landed safely.
The Chief Inspector of Accidents has ordered an Inspector's Investigation to be carried out, in accordance with the Air Navigation (Investigation of Combined 236W Military and Civil Air Accidents) Regulations 1969.