§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the near miss involving an RAF Tornado and flight BA 5950 on Friday 19 January.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe incident took place at 13.30 hours, approximately five miles west of Barnard Castle, Yorkshire.
The BA5950 was en route from Heathrow to Newcastle at 12,500 ft and was receiving a radar advisory service from Pennine radar at Manchester. No avoiding action was taken and the Tornado aircraft passed 800 ft below the British Airways aircraft.
The circumstances surrounding the incident will be fully investigated by the independent joint air miss working group.