§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the rate of major accidents per 10,000 flying hours in each year since 1987 for(a) Royal Air Force fast jet aircraft and (b) all British military fast jet aircraft.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested is as follows:
Major accident rates per 10,000 flying hours—fast jets1 Year RAF All Services 1987 0.99 1.02 1988 0.86 0.82 1989 0.59 0.77 1990 0.72 0.76 1991 0.83 0.87 1992 0.26 0.35
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Date Service Location Aircraft type lost/severely damaged 1991 8 January RAF Cyprus Phantom 10 January Army Saudi Arabia Gazelle 13 January RAF Oman Tornado GR1 16 January Royal Navy Prcdannack, Cornwall Gazelle 20 January RAF Saudi Arabia Tornado GR1 13 February Army Northern Ireland Lynx 19 February Army United States of America Scout 24 February Army Saudi Arabia Lynx 18 March RAF RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire Canberra 1 May RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire Gazelle 10 May RAF Near Bremen, Germany Tornado GRI 10 May Royal Navy Near Chepstow, Gwent Sea Harrier 29 May RAF Near Gutersloh, Germany Harrier 1 June Royal Navy Bangladesh Sea King 3 June Army Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire Gazelle 24 June RAF At sea, Straits of Dover Puma 29 August RAF Carno, Powys Jaguar 10 September Royal Navy West of Shetland Islands Sea King 11 September RAF RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire Hurricane 12 September RAF Bristol Channel Tornado GRI 25 September RAF Near Driffield, Humberside Harrier 30 September RAF RAF Gutersloh, Germany Harrier 15 October RAF RAF Odiham, Hampshire Chinook 30 October RAF Falkland Islands Phantom 30 October Army Northern Ireland Gazelle 14 November Army Northern Ireland Lynx 1992 15 February Royal Navy At sea, off North West Scotland Hunter 12 May Army Germany Lynx 12 May RAF Near Lossiemouth, Scotland Tucano 14 May RAF RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire Harrier 21 May RAF Belize Puma 28 May Royal Navy At sea, near Crete Sea Harrier 9 July RAF North Sea Buccaneer 7 August RAF RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire Harrier 22 September RAF Irish Sea Sea King 30 September RAF RAF Chivenor, Devon Hawk 16 October RAF Northern Ireland Bulldog 26 November Army/RAF Northern Ireland Gazelle/Puma
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the dates and locations of all air misses since 1989 in which a military aircraft breached an area notified under the civil aircraft notification procedure.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe only incident was:
Date, Location and Aircraft Involved
8 April 1992–16 nautical miles South West of Thurso—Tornado GRI/Jet Ranger.
§ 1992. Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the date, location and type of each major accident involving British military aircraft in(a) 1991 and (b)
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested is as follows:
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Date Service Location Aircraft type lost/severely damaged 30 November Army Cyprus Gazelle 15 December Army Germany Gazelle Note:1991 does not include the six aircraft lost on missions over Iraq during hostilities in the Gulf