HC Deb 06 May 1980 vol 984 c9W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if the flight data and the cockpit voice recorder of the Dan Air Boeing 727 which crashed in Tenerife on 25 April have now been read out; at what location or locations the read-outs were undertaken; and if he will make a statement on what they reveal about the circumstances and cause of the disaster.

Mr. Tebbit

The flight data recorder of the Dan Air Boeing 727 which crashed at Tenerife on 25 April 1980 is now in the process of being read out in Madrid by Spanish and United Kingdom experts. The cockpit voice recorder has now been

United Kingdom Importsmillion cif)
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Iran 701.3 1,048.2 789.0 527.8 243.6
Israel 91.2 128.7 162.3 187.3 227.6
Saudi Arabia 858.5 985.5 1,132.4 870.5 1,108.6
Syria 4.9 7.7 5.3 4.3 7.0
Iraq 102.6 279.4 332.1 496.7 393.7
Jordan 0.7 0.8 2.0 6.1 7.9
Kuwait 418.2 587.3 554.9 606.0 743.1
Egypt 44.4 70.3 89.4 99.9 252.7
Libya 128.1 166.6 141.7 98.0 62.2
United Kingdom Exportsmillion fob)
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Iran 495.5 515.7 659.0 752.0 231.8
Israel 237.8 250.2 276.1 243.4 270.7
Saudi Arabia 200.2 409.0 601.1 785.7 893.6
Syria 35.2 64.4 57.2 57.7 66.7
Iraq 137.3 152.1 167.4 216.7 201.2
Jordan 37.0 56.1 48.9 67.4 86.9
Kuwait 100.2 149.6 253.8 331.9 233.4
Egypt 107.9 174.1 191.9 205.1 264.5
Libya 107.5 134.9 173.9 214.3 253.2

Source:

United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics