HC Deb 23 November 1994 vol 250 cc185-6W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the co-ordinates of the location of the ferry MV Norrana when fire was discovered on board at 00.22 hours on 9 April 1990.

Mr. Norris

This is an operational matter for the Coastguard Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from C.J. Harris to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 23 November 1994: The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question as the question deals with an operational matter, for which I have responsibility as Chief Executive. The position of MV `NORRANA' at 0022 on 9 April 1990 was 51 34.7N 005 44.9W.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the times at which, during the fire incident on board the MV Norrana on 9 April 1990(a) the call for helicopter and firefighter assistance was received by Her Majesty's Coastguard, (b) Her Majesty's Coastguard requested search and rescue helicopters and firefighters from RAF Brawdy and Dyfed fire service, (c) search and rescue helicopters took off from RAF Brawdy, (d) helicopters arrived at Haverfordwest to pick up firefighters, (e) the helicopter took off with firefighters, (f) the helicopter arrived over MV Norrana and (g) firefighters began to be lowered.

Mr. Norris

This is an operational matter for the Coastguard Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from C. J. Harris to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 23 November 1994: The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question as the question deals with an operational matter, for which I have responsibility as Chief Executive. During the fire incident on board the MV `NORRANA' in April 1990 (a) the call for helicopter and firefighter assistance was received by Her Majesty's Coastguard at 23.19 on 8 April, (b) Her Majesty's Coastguard requested search and rescue helicopters from RAF Brawdy at 23.20 and firefighters from Dyfed Fire Service at 23.22, (c) search and rescue helicopters took off from RAF Brawdy at 23.40, (d) not recorded, (e) the helicopter took off with firefighter at 00.07 on 9 April, (f) the helicopter arrived over MV `NORRANA' at 00.20, and (g) firefighters began to be lowered at 00.25

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