§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the air miss between a military aircraft and a civilian Cessna aircraft near Lockerbie on 8 November 1991.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleNo such air miss has been reported.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the air miss incident between two RAF Tornados and a Spanish airliner off Gibraltar on 29 January.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleTwo RAF Tornado F3 aircraft participating in a naval air defence exercise in a notified exercise area, some 45 nautical miles south of Malaga, were directed by the Royal Navy vessel controlling them to identify an unknown aircraft transiting the exercise area. The RAF aircraft carried out a standard approach to identify the aircraft and, having established that it was a civil airliner, returned to their exercise task. The approach and visual identification were conducted in accordance with normal procedures in international airspace and within the notified exercise area. No air miss report has been received from the Spanish authorities.