§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the dates, locations and aircraft types and nationalities involved in each incident during 1993 in which a breach of low-flying avoidance area or CANP-notified area led to the filing of an airmiss; what was the involvement of the Royal Air Force provost and security service in investigating each of the reported breaches; and what disciplinary action was taken against the aircrew involved.
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows. The RAF police were not involved since comprehensive investigation of airmiss reports is carried out by the joint airmiss working group. No formal disciplinary action was taken against any of the aircrew involved.
Date Location Aircraft Types Military Operator 15 April Milfield PA-25 Pawnee Jaguar United Kingdom 20 July Eshott Glider Site Microlight Tornado Foreign 4 August Winthorpe Slingsby T61A Bulldog and Chipmunk United Kingdom 23 August Edgehill Glider Site K13 glider Tornado GR1 United Kingdom 26 August Pickering Cessna 150 F-15 Foreign 26 August Pickering Cessna 150 F-15 Foreign 3 September Bovington K13 glider Lynx x 2 United Kingdom 14 October Aboyne PA-25 Pawnee Hawk United Kingdom Note:
It is not my Department's policy to identify the nationalities of foreign military aircrews involved in airmisses in the United Kingdom.