F111 Aircraft (Hansard, 11 July 1989)

§ 20. Ms. Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his United States counterpart about the deployment of F111 is in the United Kingdom.

§ 45. Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his United States counterpart about the deployment of F111s in the United Kingdom.
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§ 57. Mr. Wareing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his United States counterpart about the deployment of F111s in the United Kingdom.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
My right hon. Friend is currently on an official visit to the United States of America, where he will meet Mr. Cheney and discuss a range of issues of mutual interest.

§ Mr. Baldry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the safety records of the F111E and the F111A aircraft based at RAF Upper Heyford.

§ Mr. Neubert
[pursuant to his reply, 5 July 1989, c. 155]: In addition to the accident in 1984, there were two other accidents in the 1980s involving FIVE aircraft from RAF Upper Heyford. The details of these are as follows. In April 1980 there was an accident to an F111E near Wimborne in Dorset while en route to France, and in March 1981 an F111E was involved in an aborted take-off at RAF Fairford. The latter was an airfield accident to an aircraft which had diverted from Upper Heyford. Although there was considerable damage to the aircraft, there was no danger to the general public.