HC Deb 16 July 1976 vol 915 cc317-8W
Mr. McCrindle

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the cost to public funds to date of the rescue services arising out of the Observer single-handed trans-Atlantic race.

Mr. Clinton Davis

Since 5th July, five sorties by RAF Nimrod aircraft have been made in unsuccessful searches for missing yachts at an estimated cost of about £55,000. There have been sorties from an aircraft carrier while on

Ethiopian Airways

Lufthansa

Malaysian Airline System

Royal Air Maroc

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)

South African Airways

Transportes Aeros Portugueses (TAP)

Thai Airways International

Varig

Zambia Airways.

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