HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 cc66-7W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the nature and circumstances of the accident to an RAF Jaguar near St. Abbs on 13 April.

Mr. Neubert

During a routine training exercise on 13 April, a Royal Air Force Jaguar GRI A aircraft stationed at RAF Coltishall crashed into Lumsdaine cliff near St. Abb's head, killing the pilot. A board of inquiry has been established to investigate the cause of the accident, with a view to preventing a recurrence. A summary of its findings will be published in the usual way and a copy will be sent to the hon. Member, as I undertook when I wrote to him on 13 April.

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