§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force aircraft have been lost as a result of technical malfunction for each year since 1979, listing the type of aircraft involved.
§ Mr. FreemanOn those losses of Royal Air Force aircraft for which board of inquiry findings are available, the following have been identified as having occurred owing to technical malfunctions:
Year Number of Aircraft Type Aircraft 1979 5 Hunter/Jet Provost/Harrier Buccaneer/Lightning 1980 7 Buccaneer/Hunter/Phantom/Jaguar/Harrier/Canberra 1981 3 Hunter/Lightning 1982 6 Hunter/Jaguar/Victor/Harrier 1983 2 Jet Provost/Tornado 1984 5 Harrier/Tornado/Hawk/Lightning/Chinook 1985 0 — 1986 1 Harrier 19871 0 — 1To 4 December The statistics only relate to accidents where technical malfunction was identified as the cause. Accidents where the board of inquiry has not yet reported are excluded, as are also those where the cause cannot be positively determined.
§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Jet Provost aircraft have crashed as a result of technical malfunction for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. FreemanAircraft lost through technical malfunction as positively identified are as follows:
Number 1979 1 1980 0 1981 0 1982 0 1983 1 1984 0 1985 0 1986 0 11987 0 1 To 4 December.